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eat little or nothing; thirst is extreme in some 

 cases. The bird may die in two or three days or 

 it may live for two or three weeks. 



Postmortem Findings. — In fatal cases the most 

 noticeable alterations are in the intestinal tract 



and the liver. Upon , 



opening the small 

 intestines, areas of 

 inflammation are 

 noted, and occa- 

 sionallv a small 

 hemorrhage is 

 fonnd. Microscopic 

 e X a m i n ation of 

 stained se c t i o n s 

 from the vital or- 

 gans (liver, kid- 

 ney, etc.) reveals 

 r e t r g r e s s ive 

 changes ; cloudy 

 swelling being most 

 marked. Fig. 33 

 illustrates one of 

 these cases. 



Treatment — Give 

 tlie same treatment as that given for blackhead 

 in turkeys and for fowl cholera. (See pages 90 

 and 83.)^ 



White Diarrhea 



The loss to American poultry raisers from white 

 diarrhea is greater than from anything else, per- 

 liaps greater than from all other infectious dis- 

 eases combined. It strikes at the root of the 

 poultry industry ; no one can successfully conduct 

 the business if he is unable to rear a reasonable 

 number of chicks annually. 



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Fig. 33- 



Hemorrhagic Enteritis in 

 Hen 

 A, Small hemorrhages (natural size). 



