DISEASES OF POIT.TKY. Ill 



possible to eradicate the disease aud obtain a healthy 

 flock. 



The medical treatment of diseased turkeys has not 

 been successful and it is doubtful if it could be profit- 

 ably undertaken in any but exceptional cases. Among 

 the remedies most likely to be beneficial are sulphur, 

 sulphate of iron, quinine, salicylic acid.benzonaphthol 

 and betol. Where a flock has recently been infected 

 it would be well to try these remedies with a view of 

 arresting the disease in the mildly afl'ected birds, and 

 of preventing the infection of others by making the in- 

 testinal contents unsuitable for the multiplication of 

 the parasite. Sulphur 5 to 10 grains, sulphate of iron 

 1 grain may be combined and given at one dose. Or 

 give benzonaphthol 1 grain, salicjdate of bismuth 1 

 grain. Or give sulphur lu grains, sulphate of iron 1 

 grain, sulphate of quinine 1 grain. Hyposulphite of 

 sodium ma3' be useful in doses of 2 to 4 grains, or be- 

 tol in the dose of 1 grain. It is necessary that such 

 remedies be repeated two or three times a day and 

 continued for a considerable time to obtain results. 

 The doses mentioned are for birds weighing four or 

 five pounds. 



PARASITIC WORMS WHICH INFEST THE DIGESTIVE 



APPARATUS. 



A large numberofspeciesof animal parasites arefound 

 in the various organs of the digestive apparatus of the 

 domesticated birds. Some of these parasites cause dis - 

 turbances of the digestive functions or serious disease, 

 while others are apparently' harmless. Those only are 

 referred to in detail which are of most importance as 

 disturbers of nutrition or producers of disease. The 

 parasitic worms may be grouped as tapeworms, flukes, 

 roundworms, and thorn -headed worms. 



