DISEASES AND PREDATORY ANIMALS 



treatment it is claimed will keep the turkeys from devel- 

 oping the disease. 



At the present time the ipecac treatment of turkeys 

 for blackhead has not been sufficiently used and under 

 sufficient conditions and sections to determine its real 

 effectiveness. When blackhead is troublesome its use in 

 an experimental way is advised. 



Chicken-pox or Sore Head. Ordinary chicken-pox or 

 sore head, particularly in the South, not infrequently 

 troubles turkeys just as it does fowls. It is evidenced by 

 the same nodules or scabby eruptions about the head. 

 Where this disease appears in the flock it is likely to 

 spread rapidly from bird to bird. For this reason if a 

 bird is found to be infected it should be removed from the 

 flock and kept separate. The scabs which form may be 

 soaked off by bathing them with warm water when the 

 surfaces below should be washed with an antiseptic such 

 as a 2% solution of carbolic acid or a solution of potas- 

 sium permanganate, or the sore, after the scab is re- 

 moved, may be touched with a tincture of iodine. A 

 saturated solution of borax is also said to give good 

 results in the treatment of this disease. 



Roup. Next to blackhead roup is probably more trou- 

 blesome than any other disease of turkeys. It is particu- 

 larly likely to occur when the birds are exposed to draft 

 or to dampness. It begins like an ordinary cold but as it 

 develops into roup there will be a swelling which occurs 

 about the eyes, usually below, and because of which the 

 disease is often termed "swell head." Roup seems to be 



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