PARASITES AND DISEASES OF POULTRY 
Isolate all afflicted birds; give the coops a 
thorough application of hot whitewash, sprinkle 
the runs well with air slaked lime and plow under; 
this is a good preventive measure to take in the 
chick yards every spring, as one can never be quite 
sure that gapes will not attack his chicks sooner or 
later. Scald all drinking vessels frequently, burn 
all chicks which die with the disease, and whenever 
you find gape-worms or extract them from sick 
chickens be sure to burn the worms. 
There are many different treatments advised, 
and none is thoroughly dependable in every case. 
A safe course for the beginner to pursue is to 
use one of the prepared gape cures on the market, 
which come in powder form and may be used in the 
soft food or drinking water. Extracting the 
worms from the windpipe with a horse hair or 
special gape-worm extractor often gives quick tem- 
porary relief, but it is a tedious and more or less 
uncertain task. A. small quantity of spirits of 
camphor in the drinking water is often beneficial. 
A common method is that of dipping a feather in 
turpentine and insert it in the windpipe of the 
chick and twist it around a few times; this causes 
the chick to cough and sneeze, and some of the 
worms are expelled. In cases of long standing it 
is often impossible to effect a cure. People who 
are bothered with gapes among their chickens year 
after year, should give their ground a rest from 
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