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Ijirds should Ijo moved to fresh, clean gi-mnid, and, us the 

 (■hief danger lies in their food becoming soiled by the 

 <lroppings of infected birds, it should be given them on boards 

 which can be kept ch'an and washed, (ireat attention should 

 lie paid to the cleanliness of the water sup]ily, and all 

 <lrinking vessels should he scrubbed out with hot water ami 

 soapj and the coops disinfected l)y being washed out and 

 sprayed with a five per cent, solution of carbolic acid, to 

 which lime should be added in sufficient ciuantities t<i show it 

 had been used. The ground on which the liirds have been 

 I'eared should Ije Inued and dug before lieing' again used, as 

 the cv^ts of the ])ai'asite are very resistant and live a long 

 time. It has lieen puinted out that the older and stronger 

 liirds are bettei able to withstand the disease than the chicks, 

 and, thei-efore, the treatment slniuld bo on t(jnic lines, com- 

 liiiied with good feeding, so as to produce grentei' resisting 

 power. 



Dr. }iIoi'se, in the l<\inii('r.-<' BullcUii of the U.S.A. J^eparf- 

 nient of Agricultui-e, A]iril, 1910, suggests comiiieiicing the 

 treatment by giving lilps(.)m salts, in a masli, his estimate 

 being one teaspoonful dF salts for eight to fil'teen chickens, 

 according to age and size. The drinking \\"ater should 

 contain sulphate of ii-on in the proriortum of ten grains 

 nf the iron to one gallon of water, l)ut the chief points 

 to attend tf) are the general hvgiene of the l)irds, and, 

 as far as ])ossilile, tiii'ii- removal from all contaminated 

 groitml. 



f'heasants also siilfei-, as many other birds d(,i, from 

 intestinal parasites, both round worms and tapeworms, the 

 former being most common and more harmful in their effects. 

 Both Friedbei'ger and Megniii have drawn attention to a 

 form of enteritis set u]i by ta]ieworins occurring in an 

 epizootic form among pheasants, the ordinary symptoms ot 

 enteritis being ])reseut. The remedies recouimended are 

 kamala, made into a ])aste with hanbboiled eggs, or 

 freshly-powdered areca nut. Ihit the luoi-e common lorm of 



