44 MITE PARASITES. 



Other Birds affected, 



Passeres and Climbers are also predisposed to 

 S. mutans. The Sparrow particularly is subject to 

 tins parasite, and may possibly help to spread thi> 

 mite from one run to another. 



Prevention and Treatment. 



The prevention of this malady is most important. 

 Any diseased bird should be at once isolated, and the 

 run and house in which it has been living disinfected. 

 This may be carried out by a thorough white-washing 

 of the walls and nests, cleaning perches, and the 

 purifying of the floor by drenching with boiling- 

 water and carbolic acid. 



Treatment of the patient consists of careful removal 

 of the crusts. Before so doing, the leg should be 

 soaked in warm water, care being taken not to cause 

 bleeding. When as many of the crusts are removed 

 as possible, the limb should be smeared over with 

 creosote (1 part) and lard (20 parts). Balsam of 

 Peru applied once a day for about a week also has 

 good results ; whilst some breeders recommend equal 

 parts of flowers of sulphur and vaseline well rubbed 

 into the leg. Very similar in effect is carbolic-acid 

 ointment, formed by mixing one part of crystallized 

 carbolic acid to every ten of lard. 



Just as in ' epithelioma contagiosum,' oil of tur- 

 pentine has been found a most effectual remedy, 

 but its action is sometimes too irritating and must 



