CONTENTS 



List of Illustrations 



SECTION I. 



Anatomy 17 



The skeletal anatomy of the fowl; the musculature; the 

 visceral anatomy; structure of the digestive tract and its 

 adjacent organs; structure of the respiratory tract; the cir- 

 culatory system; the blood of normal fowl; the nervous sys- 

 tem; organs of special sense; the reproductive organs of the 

 hen; the male reproductive organs; the urinary secretion. 



SECTION II. 



Sanitation 53 



Site for poultry plant; buildings and runs; water sup- 

 ply; disinfection; disposal of sick and dead birds. 



SECTION III. 



External Parasites 65 



Lice of birds; effects of louse infestation; dealing with 

 louse infestation; scabies; scaly legs; air sac disease; chig- 

 ger or red mite infestation; fleas affecting birds; tick in- 

 festation; the begbug of poultry; fungi affecting birds; 

 thrush or sore mouth; tinea favosa; pneumomycosis; my- 

 cosis of pigeons; white scale of the comb; bee stings; the 

 gray canary louse; the canary mite; baldness of canaries. 



SECTION IV. 



Internal Parasites _ 87 



Important round worms; unimportant round worms; 

 tapeworms; the thorn-headed worms; flukes. 



SECTION V. 



Diseases of the Digestive Tract 101 



Obstruction of the beak; pip; stomatitis; impaction of 

 the crop; impaction of the intestines; tympany of the crop; 

 enlarged crop; gangrene of the crop; catarrh of the crop; 

 depraved appetite; chicken cholera; enterohepatitis; dys- 

 entery; white diarrhea; croupous inflammation of the pig- 

 eon; coccidiosis in wild ducks; protozoal hepatitis of 

 pigeons; renal coccidiosis; blastomycosis of the goose; sar- 

 cocystis; cloacitis; peritonitis; ascites; nephritis; calculi; 

 purulent inflammation of the abdomen of the hen; intes- 

 tinal diseases of canaries. 



