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is hollowed out by a great uiiiuber of small cavities 

 and a close examiuatiou O'f these cavities will show 

 that they contain parasites. Frequently, a cavity will 

 contain an old female and a large number of young. 

 These young are born alive, so that no eggs are present 

 in the scabs unless a female has been crushed and the 

 eggs have escaped from her body. 



In time, the disease be- 

 comes so bad that the bird 

 cannot walk. It lies on its 

 breast, hops about from 

 place to place, becomes 

 thin and at last dies from 

 exhaustion. 



It is not very ditticult 

 to cure this disease, pro- 

 vided careful attention is 

 devoted to it. The first 

 thing to do is to remove the 

 diseased fowl from the 

 flO'Clv, disinfect the poultry 

 house, the nests and 

 perches. The treatment of 

 the individual begins with 

 the removal of the scab so 

 that the parasite may be 

 leached and destroyed. 

 The scab may be removed 

 by soaking it with oil, 

 either swc^t oil or cotton- 

 seed. This should be ap 

 plied fi'ccly and alloAved to 

 remain for twenly-foui- 

 lioMi-s. after which large 

 so<-ti(nis of the cnist mav be taken away without ()ain 



The Foot of a Fowl Afkectkh 

 With Mange. 



