PARASITES AND DISEASES OF POULTRY 



rect conditions, and give castor oil, castoria, or any 

 other convenient laxative. 



The disease known as " bumble-foot " comes in 

 the form of an abcess or a little growth resem- 

 Bumble- bling a corn on the bottom of the 



foot fowl's foot, and is usually caused by 



jars and bruises to the foot in jumping from 

 high perches or other objects and alighting on 

 some hard substance. Occasional causes are con- 

 stant confinement upon hard floors or runs and 

 extremely narrow perches. If taken early, a few 

 applications of tincture of iodine twice a week 

 will generally effect a cure, keeping the foot ban- 

 daged during treatment. If the growth is well 

 developed or the bird shows signs of lameness, 

 open the growth by making an X-shaped incision 

 with a sharp knife; wash out all matter with warm 

 water containing a little carbolic acid or any good 

 disinfectant ; bathe the wound daily with hydrogen 

 peroxide, and apply some healing lotion, such as 

 carbolic salve. Bandage the wound with cotton, 

 and keep the fowl confined until the wound heals. 



This disease is caused by a minute parasite which 

 burrows beneath the scales of the leg, forcing them 

 out and giving the shanks a rough, 

 crusty appearance. One of the best 

 ways to cure the disease is to make a saturate solu- 

 tion of naphthalene flakes in kerosene (coal oil), 

 and dip the fowl's legs in this solution several 



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