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1880. They include the voiding of feces, of which 

 the part that is normally white is yellow. The 

 white part of the feces is excreted by the kidneys, 

 and the yellow discoloration of this excrement 

 is usually the first indication of disease. Shortly 

 thereafter the droppings become thin and fluid, 

 and they are voided frequently and enveloped 

 by a layer of thin mucus. The fowl becomes 

 depressed; it stands still or assumes a sitting pos- 

 ture, goes into a sunny, warm place, if possible. 

 The plumage becomes ruffled, the head is drawn 

 down, the comb becomes pale and bloodless, and the 

 appetite is depressed or lost. The depression and 

 torpidity of the fowl increase until it , seems to 

 become unconscious. . . . The bird then becomes 

 thin and weak, and sometimes passes into a 

 stupor and dies. In other cases, it may have 

 convulsions prior to death."* 



Treatment. "The treatment of individual fowls 

 afflicted with such a highly contagious disease 

 as true fowl cholera is not to be recommended, 

 because, in the first place, so long as the infected 

 fowl remains around there is danger that its poi- 

 sonous products may be carried to healthy birds; 

 secondly, there is little chance of curing it and it 

 is hardly worth while to try. 



"The important point in this connection is the 

 prevention of disease, and fowl cholera can usu- 



* "Diseases and Enemies of Poultry," Pearson & Warren, Bulletin 

 No. 17, Pennsylvania State Department of Agriculture. 



