CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



PREFACE . . • • . . 5 



CHAPTER I.- iNTKOLUCTioN. . ... 15 



The Poultry Industry- Health and Disease— The 

 Organs and Apparatus and Their Functions- 

 Common Causes of Disease— Hyg-ienic Require- 

 ments— Disinfection Objects of Medical Treat- 

 ment. 



CHAP rER II.— Diseases of the Organs of Rkspika- 



TION. ...•••• 



Structure and Function— Simple Catarrh Roup, 

 Contayious Catarrh— Bronchitis— The Gapes, 

 Verminous Tracheo-Bronchitis, Syng-amosis- Con- 

 gestion of the Lungs, Pulmonary Congestion - 

 Pneumonia Mycosis of the Air-Passages, Asper- 

 gillosis The A'ir-Sac Mite. 



CHAPTER III.— Diseases of the Organs of Diges- 

 tion. ....••• 

 General Remarks Concerning the Digestive 

 Organs -Obstruction of the Beak Inflammation 

 of the Mucous Membrane of the Mouth, Pip, 

 Catarrhal Stomatitis Thrush, Aphtha; Diph- 

 theria Psorospermosis Aspergillosis— Croupous 

 Angina Obstruction of the Pharynx Catarrh or 

 Inflammation of the Crop— Paralysis of the Crop, 

 Impacted Crop, Obstructed Crop Abnormal Appe- 

 tite, Aberration of the Appetite— Catarrh of the 

 Proventriculus, Intlammation of the Stomach, 

 Gastritis. 



CHAPTER IV. Diseases of the Organs of Diges- 

 tion (Continued). ..... 



Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh, Simple Diarrhea, Gas- 



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