TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface v 



List of Illustrations ix 



CHAPTER 



I. General Considerations regarding the Treat- 

 ment OF Poultry Diseases .... 1 

 11. Poultry Hygiene 8 



III. The Diagnosis of the Diseases of Poultry . 36 



IV. Poultry Materia Meoica . . . . . 52 

 V. Diseases of the Alimentary Tract ... 57 



VI. Poisons 81 



VII. Diseases of the Liver 87 



VIII. Fowl Cholera, Fowl Typhoid and Fowl Plague 102 



IX. Tuberculosis 115 



X. Internal Parasites 133 



XL Diseases of the Respiratory System . . . 147 

 XII. Diseases of the Circulatory System . . .182 



XIII. Diseases of the Nervous System .... 194 



XIV. Diseases of the Kidneys, Rheumatism and 



Limberneck 199 



XV. External Parasites . 203 



XVI. Diseases of the Skin ...... 233 



XVII. Diseases of the Reproductive Organs . . 245 



XVIIL White Diarrhea . 283 



XIX. Other Diseases of Chickens 301 



XX. Tumors 312 



XXL Poultry Surgery 324 



Glossary of Technical Terms 329 



Index 335 



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