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lo.ss of appetite, j2;i'aduiilly becuiniui; more iuteii.sc uiilil 

 the animal dies, during the second week of the attack. 



All of the above conditions are popularly known as 

 fowl cholera, and, moreover, the term as commonly 

 used, undoubtedly includes a number of other diseases 

 that are not contagious at all. When fowls die in 

 large nun bers it is usually said that the disease affect- 

 ing them was fowl cholera, although it may have been 

 produced by mismanagement of almost any kind. 



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 poisonciis 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 connectio-n is the pre- 

 vention of disease, and fowl cholera can usually be pre- 

 vented by preventing the introduction of fowls suffering 

 from it or that come from infected localities. If the dis- 

 ease is once introduced, the most stringent measures 

 should be enforced as regards cleanliness, disinfection 

 and the total destruction of the carcasses of the dead 

 birds. The birds that are still healthy should be re- 

 moved from the flock and placed in a wholesome local- 

 ity. The droppings from the diseased fowls should be 

 burned or thoroughly disinfected by mixing with a ten 

 per cent, solution of sulphuric acid or with a quantity 

 of lime equal in amount to the manure. Th(^ building 

 should be disinfected by cleaning it very thoroughly, 

 flushing the Hoor with a saturated solution of copperas 

 and spraying the interior with a 5 per cent, solution 

 of carbolic arid followed by white-washing. Tf the 

 pens and inns can 1)0 abandoned for a year and grass 



