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and the comb or wattles are badly lacerated, stitch the parts 

 carefully tog-ether with fine white silk thread, and treat as 

 an ordinary wound. Keep the patient separated from others 

 until it is entirely healed, as other birds are inclined to pick 

 at it. 



5. Fungoid. 



Fungoid is contagious and birds affected should be at 

 once isolated. 



Causes. — It is usually the result of improper care and 

 injudicious feeding. 



Symptoms. — It affects the comb and wattles and first 

 appears in the form of small lumps containing a hard core. 

 In the course of three or four days these small boils break 

 and discharge a yellowish, watery fluid. The affected por- 

 tions are itchy and cause scratching, which in turn promotes 

 the progress of the disease and causes bleeding. 



Treatment. — If the bird affected is not valuable, it is 

 best to kill it and burn the carcass, especially if the disease 

 is well developed. Should the disease be detected in the 

 early stages treat as follows: 



Tie the legs three or four inches apart to prevent 

 scratching the head. Bathe the comb twice a day with luke- 

 warm carbolic water (5 drops to a pint), wipe dry and apply 

 the white lotion. The diet should be nutritious and mixed 

 and given to the bird warm. Supply plenty of fresh, pure 

 water and keep the patient in a warm, dry, well ventilated, 

 light place. 



6. Pip. 



Causes. — Pip, as it is called by many poultry men, is 

 the after-effect of some weakening disease such as roup or 

 cholera, although it may make its appearance in fowls that 

 have attained a run-down condition because of improper 

 feeding or care. 



Symptoms. — The most noticeable indication apart from 

 the generally deranged physical condition is in the tongue, 

 which becomes coated with a fairly hard coating. 



Treatment. — With a penknife or some other convenient 

 instrument carefully remove the coating and wash the tongue 

 with lukewarm water in which has been dissolved a little 

 common salt. Correct the improper diet and otherwise give 

 careful treatment in housing and the improved condition 

 soon gives satisfactory results. 



