PARASITES AND DISEASES OF POULTRY 
rect conditions, and give castor oil, castoria, or any 
other convenient laxative. 
The disease known as ‘‘ bumble-foot ” comes in 
the form of an abcess or a little growth resem- 
Bumble- bling a corn on the bottom of the 
foot fowl’s foot, and is usually caused by 
jars and bruises to the foot in jumping from 
high perches or other objects and alighting on 
some hard substance. Occasional causes are con- 
stant confinement upon hard floors or runs and 
extremely narrow perches. If taken early, a few 
applications of tincture of iodine twice a week 
will generally effect a cure, keeping the foot ban- 
daged during treatment. If the growth is well 
developed or the bird shows signs of lameness, 
open the growth by making an X-shaped incision 
with a sharp knife; wash out all matter with warm 
water containing a little carbolic acid or any good 
disinfectant; bathe the wound daily with hydrogen 
peroxide, and apply some healing lotion, such as 
carbolic salve. Bandage the wound with cotton, 
and keep the fowl confined until the wound heals. 
This disease is caused by a minute parasite which 
burrows beneath the scales of the leg, forcing them 
out and giving the shanks a rough, 
crusty appearance. One of the best 
ways to cure the disease is to make a saturate solu- 
tion of naphthalene flakes in kerosene (coal oil), 
and dip the fowl’s legs in this solution several 
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Scaly Leg 
