Chapter XL 



ZDISZE-a-SES OP 1 ZFOTTLTIEe-Sr. 



Ailments ov Fowls Mainly the Result op Their Rearing — Apoplexy — Bron- 

 chitis — Bumble-Foot — Catarrh — Cholera — Consumption — Cramps — 

 Chop-Bound — Debility — Diarrhea — Diphtheria — Egg-Bound — Feath- 

 tt er-Eatdstg — Frost-Bite — Gapes — Giddiness, or Vertigo — Gout, or 

 Swelled Legs — Indigestion — Leg-Weakness. — Lice — Liter Disease — 

 Pd? — Roup — White Comb — Worms in Ducks — Caponizing Fowls. 



FOWLS, naturally subject to but few diseases, have, by high 

 feeding, poor housing, and bad breeding, been brought under 

 subjection to many ills and ailments. Some complaints have 

 symptoms so obscure as to be practically incurable, for the reason 

 that we do not know what to physic for, and are compelled to leave 

 the fowl to Mother Nature to kill or cure. 



The chronic maladies of fowls are usually constitutional, and 

 occasioned by errors of breeding ; but the acute or sudden diseases 

 arise in most cases from some abuse or neglect in housing or feeding. 

 Prevention is better than cure, and contagion and infection are 

 robbed of their terrors if taken in time. A sick fowl should always 

 be separated from the rest, and in patience submitted to the effects 

 of medicine 



APOPXEXY. 



Cause. — Overfeeding, inducing blood-pressure on or rupture of 

 blood vessels in the brain. 



Symptoms. — Sudden cessation from active volition ; unconscious- 

 ness or paralysis. 



Treatment.— Disease often fatal*. Bleed under the wing by lon- 

 gitudinal slit. If the fowl regains consciousness, stop the flow (by 

 burnt alum if necessary). Separate the fowl from the flock, place 

 it on a low diet, and watch it to prevent renewed hemorrhage. 



BRONCHITIS. 



This disease consists of inflammation of the lung passages. 



Symptoms.— Coughing. 



Treatment. — Remove to a warm, moist atmosphere. 



Tartar emetic ' \ gr. 



Calomel 1 gr. 



Give at night. (Tegtmeier.) 

 (1020) 



