CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



PREFACE . . . . . .5 



CHAPTER I.— Introduction. . ... 13. 



The Poultry Industry — Health and Disease — The 

 Org-aus and Apparatus and Their Functions — 

 Common Causes of Disease — Hygienic Require- 

 ments — Disinfection — Objects of Medical Treat- 

 ment. 



CHAP rER II. — Diseases of the Organs of Respira- 

 tion. . . . . . . .26 



Structure and Function — Simple Catarrh — Roup, 

 Contag-ious Catarrh — Bronchitis — The Gapes, 

 Verminous Tracheo-Bronchitis, Syngamosis — Con- 

 gestion of the Ivungs, Pulmonary Congestion — 

 Pneumonia — Mycosis of the Air-Passages, Asper- 

 gillosis — The Air-Sac Mite. 



CHAPTER III. — Diseases of the Organs of Diges- 

 tion. . . . . . . .66 



General Remarks Concerning the Digestive 

 Organs — Obstruction of the Beak — Inflammation 

 of the Mucous Membrane of the Mouth, Pip, 

 Catarrhal Stomatitis — Thrush, Aphthae — Diph- 

 theria — Psorospermosis — Aspergillosis — Croupous 

 Angina — Obstruction of the Pharynx — Catarrh or 

 Inflammation of the Crop — Paralysis of the Crop, 

 Impacted Crop, Obstructed Crop — Abnormal Appe- 

 tite, Aberration of the Appetite — Catarrh of the 

 Proveutriculus, Inflammation of the Stomach, 

 Gastritis. 



CHAP rER IV.— Diseases of the Organs of Diges- 

 tion (Continued). . . . . . 8S 



Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh, Simple Diarrhea, Gas- 



