Introduction to the Study of Disease 



water and weed killers are sometimes an occasional 

 cause of death. 



Spring and autumn usually produce a large 

 percentage of cases, Influenza, Strangles, and 

 Distemper, whilst Red-water in young stock is 

 most prevalent in the autumn. When land has 

 been fouled by disease, such as Black-Quarter, it 

 will be liable to perpetuate this malady, unless 

 it has been dressed with lime, salt, or ploughed. 

 The same remark applies to poultry-runs and 

 pheasantries where such diseases as Roup, Enteric, 

 Gapes, etc. have been ; and every poultry breeder 

 and game-farmer is well acquainted with the truth 

 of this statement. 



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