50 DISEASES OF POULTRY. 



oil or oil of turpentine. If a horse-hair is to be used 

 it is folded and the two ends twisted together so as to 

 leave a small loop at the folded extremity. To extract 

 the worms the chicken's mouth is forced open with the 

 fingers of the left hand ( Fig. 61,) and, when the glottis 

 opens for breathing, the feather or hair is thrust into 

 the opening and downward into the trachea. It is then 

 turned or twisted around several times and withdrawn, 

 when one or more worms may be found adhering to it, 

 or in other cases are coughed up, having been loosened 

 by the feather or hair. These worms should all be 

 burned as they are capable of spreading the infection. 

 Great care should be used in these manipulations as 

 the larynx and trachea are very tender and sensitive 

 and are liable to serious injury from a broken or rough 

 feather ; or the bird may be suffocated by obstructing 

 the breathing for too long a time. 



'Internal treatment is highly recommended by some 

 authorities. Megnin had excellent results in treating 

 affected pheasants with garlic. He made a mixture 

 consisting of hard-boiled eggs, boiled beef's heart, the 

 crumbs of stale bread and salad. These ingredients 

 were chopped, pounded and thoroughly mixed so as to 

 make a paste. To this paste was added pounded garlic 

 in the proportion of one bulb to ten pheasants each day, 

 the garlic being thoroughly distributed through the 

 paste. This mixture was greatly relished by the birds. 

 Others who tried this remedy found that the birds re - 

 fused to eat it, but that they would eat garlic in the 

 form of a salad. Megnin also recommends assafoetida, 

 seven and one -half grains daily to a pheasant, used as 

 a powder combined with an equal quantity of yellow 

 pulverized gentian and mixed with the paste that was 



