1208 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOB- 



X. Gapes. 



This is caused l)y parasitic worms ( Sclerostoma syngamus) in the 

 wind-pipe, and occurs usually in chickens from 

 two to four months of age. It has been said to 

 be produced from a small, tick-like parasite, lodged 

 on the heads of the chickens. If a case occurs, 

 examine the chickens Avith a pocket lens, and if 

 the parasites are found, destroy them with the fol- 

 lowing, which is good, also, for hen lice: 



No. 6. 1 Ounce morcmial ointment, 



1 Ounce lard oil, 



^'2 Ounce llowers of sulphur, 



)2 Ounce crude petroleum. 



batl 



m a warm 



and apply 



(JAIMC WORM, 

 natural size , i. enlarged. 



Mix, by melting 

 when just warm. 



To cure the gapes, strip a small quill feather to 

 within half an inch of the end ; dip it in spirits of turpentine, and insert 

 it into the opening to the wind-pipe at the base of the tongue ; turn it 

 around once or twice, and withdraw it. If relief is not had, repeat tht 

 operati(m again the next day. Give warm shelter, good, soft food, well 

 mixed with a little black pepper, and skim-milk to drink. 



XI. Pip. 



This is not a disease but the result of another disease. It is the forma- 

 tion of a scale or crust at the tip of the tongue. 



What to do. — Remove the incrustation , wash with chloride of soda, 

 and if the nostrils are stopped, inject as advised for roup ; if the fowl is 

 very much ailing, give a teaspoonful of castor oil. 



XIIc Consumption. 



This is a rare disease among fowls that are kept on the farm. It is a 

 gradual wasting away, with cough and the throwing out of matter, and 

 is the result of too close confinement in damp, unhealthy (quarters. It 

 often becomes hereditary in fowls so kept, and if you are unfortunate 

 enouo-h to have got such fowls from some breeder of pure-bred fowls, 

 who was not attentive to his stock, kill them, since it is worse than use- 

 less to breed from them. 



XIII. Inflammation of the Egg Passage. 



How to know it. — The indications of this disease, rare in fowls kept on 

 the farm, are as follows : If the inflammation is at the lower end of the 

 passage, the egg is without shell; if the inflammation is iu the middle 



