DISEASES OF POULTRY. 1027 



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 If the chick is oiled on the poll, under the wirtgs, etc., and the hen 



touched in like manner with carbolic scouring soap-suds, they will 



soon be free from vermin. Do not wet the feathers more than can 



be helped. These remedies scarcely ever fail. 



MP. 



Treatment. — Give the fowl three times a day, for a week, two or 

 three grains of black pepper in butter. This treatment is efficient. 

 (Lewis.) 



LITER DISEASE. 



Cause. — Indigestion. 



C ause. — Indigestion. 



Symptoms. — Sickly, yellowish appearance about the head. 



Treatment.— Feed as directed under Indigestion, and give a 



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 grain of calomel every other day 



RHEUMATISM. 



Cause. — Exposure to damp, and cold, wet henneries. 



Symptoms. — Weakness of legs ; stiffness of joints ; contraction 

 of toes, etc. 



Treatment. — Remove to warm, dry place, feed well-cooked, 



stimulating food, as cornmeal and mashed potatoes mixed with ale, 



blood-warm, twice a day,- — a good remedy. A little cooked meat 



-daily, with minute doses of oil of mustard, will also be found of 



marked efficacy. 



ROUP. 



Symptoms. — Fever and wasting, with discharge of thick, fetid, 

 mucus from nostrils ; eyelids swelled, sometimes hiding the eye. 

 This disease is very fatal, if not promptly treated. 



Treatment. ^Isolate affected fowls, and place them in a moder- 

 ately warm, perfectly dry place, free from drafts. An eminent au- 

 thority says the following rarely fails : Disinfect water-vessels with 

 McDougal's Fluid Carbolate. Wash affected parts (face, nostrils, 

 and mouth) with Condy's Fluid, or Labarraque's Solution of Chlor- 

 inated Soda, diluted in twice its bulk of water, for the purpose of 

 destroying the mucus which gathers there. Feed, warm barley meal 

 seasoned with cayenne pepper, and give — 



Balsam capaiba ± ot. 



Powdered licorice i oz. 



Piperine 1 dr. 



divided into sixty doses, in capsules, or add magnesia and make 

 into pills. Give morning and evening. 



Too much care cannot be exercised, in cases of roup, to prevent 



