POULTRY AND LARGE BIRDS. 395: 
finelty-powdered chalk on boiled rice may be sufficient. The remedy last 
- named is recommended for the white discharges of old females, for which 
the pills prescribed above should also be tried, as well as a little lime-water 
(see page 367). Restrict the drink in all forms of these disorders, and 
put into it a little alum or tincture of iron. Dysentery, with bloody dis- 
charges, is a serious disorder; it is best to give a dose of castor oil and fol- 
low with three to six drops of laudanum every few hours, supplying an ex- 
clusive diet of mild gruels. It is of importance that the patient be kept 
quiet and apart from the flock, especially in dysentery. Homeopathic 
doses, every two hours, of ipecac and chamomilla can be recommended 
with confidence, as can arsenicum when bad food is the cause. In spite of 
all treatment diarrhea may become chronic. If so, and even before, small 
doses of sweet oil may be found beneticial. In all cases keep a sharp look- 
out for cholera and isolate the affected bird when you are at all doubtful 
regarding the nature ‘of the disorder. Bone-dust is used as a preventive of 
diarrheea and it is well to put a little in the feed for some days after a cure. 
has been effected, and also to thus occasionally administer it to well fowls. 
WORMS. 
Worms in the stomach will produce substantially the same symptoms 
as indigestion. If they are in the bowels, costiveness or diarrhcea may be 
more marked, while the fowl will be uneasy and pick at the vent if they 
are in the lower part of the intestine. In all cases there will be more or 
less loss of flesh, and often diminished gloss in the feathers, while the bird 
has either an impaired or voracious appetite. The only unmistakable 
symptom is the presence of worms in the droppings when they first pass. 
out. An unhealthy condition of the digestive organs is the main cause. 
TREATMENT.—A dose of castor oil, followed by a light addition of 
sulphur to the food, may expel the worms and restore the general health. 
A little cayenne pepper in the feed and rusty nails in the water will aid the 
cure. The use of cina and santonine can be highly recommended. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE FORE-STOMACH. 
Inflammation of the stomach may arise from improper food, such as 
that which is too stimulating. Its symptoms are not readily distinguished, 
but it may be suspected when a fowl pines away without an obvious cause 
and chooses only soft, cold food, especially if there be increased thirst, a 
“tucked-up’”’ appearance, and an abnormal heat in the fore part of the 
belly. Loose, corroding droppings may be noticed. 
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