Table of Contents. 



PAGi: 



Introduction i 



Chapter I. General Considerations Regarding the Treatment 



of Poultry Diseases 4 



Prevention Rather than Cure the Ideal 5 



Breeding for Health, Vigor and Sound Constitu- 

 tion 6 



Chapter II. Poultry Hygiene 9 



Poultry House Hygiene and Sanitation lo 



How to Clean a Poultry House lO' 



Disinfection ii 



Formaldehyde Gas Disinfection 12^ 



Cresol Disinfectant 12 



Fresh Air and lyight 14 



Avoid Dampness I5- 



Provide Clean and Dry Ditter 15s 



Hygienic Feeding 15 



Avoid Overfeeding 15, 



Provide Plenty of Green Food 16' 



Provide Fresh and Clean Drinking Water 16 



The Land 18 



Exercise 20 



External Parasites 20 



Disposal of Dead Birds 20 



Isolation of Sickness 21 



The Essentials of Poultrjr Hygiene 21 



Chapter III. The Diagnosis of the Diseases of Poultry 22 



External Symptoms 22 



■ Post-Mortem Examinations 24 



How to Make a Post-mortem. 25 



Chapter IV. Poultry Materia Medica 28 



The Medicine Chest 28 



An Antiseptic Ointment ;io 



Tables of Apothecaries' Weights and Meas- 

 ures and Their Metric Equivalents........ 31 



Chapter V. Diseases of the Alimentary Tract 32 



Diseases of the Crop 32 



Impacted Crop (Crop Bound) 32 



Inflammation of the Crop 34 



Enlarged Crop 36 



