210 RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 



LEG WEAKNESS 



Leg" weakness is the result of in-breeding and overfeeding, lack of 

 bone forming food and grit. Give one grain of quinine daily, grit, 

 vegetable diet, and cut bone. 



SORE EYES AND PIP 



Damp houses. 



BUMBLE FOOT 



Bumble foot in poultry is due to too high roosts, causing bruising 

 of the feet and the formation of an abscess. Bathe in hot water, lance 

 and let out the pus, and remove the cause. 



DIARRHOEA 



Damp houses, filthy runs and houses, bad feeding. The same 

 treatment as for cholera. 



CROP BOUND 



Overfeeding and lack of grit. Give castor oil and milk and knead 

 carefully. 



Unless your poultry are valuable stock, kill at once if diseased. 

 Doctoring is expensive in time and money. 



POULTRY LICE 



Poultry lice cause intense itching and loss of condition in the host, 

 and should not be permitted to exist in any up-to-date poultry house. 

 Cases are cited in which animals, (horses, etc.), have become affected 



