CONTENTS. V 



Roup (Contagious Catarrh, Diptheria, Dip- 



theritic Roup, Canker) go 



"Pip" (Inllammation of the Mouth) 102 



Canker i 103 



Thrush 103 



Aspergillosis (M3^cosis of the Air Passages) 104 



Congestion of the Lungs 107 



Pneumonia 108 



Tuberculosis no 



The Air-sac Mite no 



Chapter XIII. Diseases of the Circulatory System and Blood.. 112 

 Pericarditis (Inflammation of the Pericar- 

 dium, Dropsy of the Heart Sac) 112 



Endocarditis (Inflammation of the Internal 



Membranes of the Heart) 112 



Myocarditis diptheritica 113 



Enlargement of the Heart (Hypertrophy).. 113 

 Rupture of the Heart and Large Blood Ves- 

 sels 113 



Diseases of the Blood 114 



Infectious Leukaemia 114 



Chapter XIV. Diseases of the Nervous System T18 



-Apoplexy (Hemorrhage of the Brain) 118 



Heat Prostration 118 



Congestion of the Brain (Vertigo, Cerebral 



Hyperaemia) 119 



Epilepsy 119 



Chapter XV. Diseases of the Kidneys, Rheumatism and Lim- 



berneck 121 



Gout 121 



Visceral Gout 121 



Articular Gout 121 



Other Diseased Conditions of the Kidneys . . . 122 



Rheumatism 123 



Limberneck 123 



Chapter XVI. External Parasites . 124 



Keeping a Poultry Plant Free from Exter- 

 nal Parasites 124 



Lice 125 



How to Make an Effective and Ver}^ 



Cheap Lice Powder 130 



Mites 132 



Scaly Leg 135 



Depluming Scabies iz|2 



Other Mites Affecting Poultry i-!4 



Other External Parasites i-l3 



Chapter XVII. Diseases of the 'Skin 1^7 



Favus 147 



White Comb i SO 



