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its walls break and let the contents escape into the 

 abdominal cavity. These cases can sometimes be 

 cured, but death usually results in a few days, and 

 it is not considered profitable to attempt treatment. 

 It is better to prevent it by selecting medium sized 

 eggs for hatching, for the trouble usually arises 

 from a hen's trying to lay an egg too large for her 

 size. Select breeders that are of good size and wide 

 bodied. 



Vent Gleet 



"This is a true venereal disease in poultry," says 

 Dr. Pearl. "It usually begins with a hen, but is 

 transmitted in copulation to the male and by him to 

 other birds in the flock." There is a whitish dis- 

 charge from the vent and constant effort to void 

 excrement. 



Wright outlines this treatment: "Give thirty 

 grains Epsom salts, and twice a day inject first a 

 four per cent solution of cocaine, and immediately 

 afterwards a solution of nitrate of silver, four grains 

 to the ounce. The fifth day commence a small copaiba 

 capsule daily, and inject acetate of lead, one dram to 

 the pint. Feed rather low meanwhile and dust sore 

 places with iodoform or aristol. If not well after 

 two or three weeks, kill the bird, for the disease is 

 not quite free from danger; if the operator should 

 touch his eyes accidentally before he has cleansed 

 his hands, the result might be a most violent inflam- 

 mation." 



Another treatment, recommended by Director 

 Quisenberry, consists in holding the diseased bird in 

 a pan of hot water which contains two per cent of 

 Zenoleum or Creolin. After the inflamed parts are 

 thoroughly cleansed, which will take from ten to 

 twenty minutes, inject a solution of permanganate 

 of potash and dust with iodoform. 



