98 DISEASES OF POULTRY. 



The drinking vessels and feeding troughs should be 

 well scalded with boiling water. This cleaning and 

 disinfection should be frequently repeated until the 

 disease disappears. The medical, treatment of the 

 birds has three objects in view: 1. To disinfect the 

 intestinal passage, 2. To arrest the diarrhea. 3. To 

 renew the strength. A good treatment is to give sub- 

 nitrate of bismuth three grains, powdered cinnamon 

 or cloves one grain, powdered willow charcoal three 

 grains. This may be given twice a day mixed with 

 the food or made into pills with flour and water. If 

 not successful with the formula just given try sub -ni- 

 trate of bismuth three grains, bicarbonate of soda one 

 grain, powdered cinchona bark two grains, mix and 

 give three times a day in a paste made with rice flour. 

 When the diarrhea is arrested the bismuth and soda are 

 no longer indicated, but a tonic is still advisable. For 

 this Megnin recommends : Powdered fennel, anis, cori- 

 ander and cinchona of each thirty grains, powdered 

 gentian and ginger of each one dram, powdered sul- 

 phate of iron fifteen grains. This is thoroughly mixed 

 and may be given in the feed so that each fowl will re- 

 ceive from two to four grains twice a day. 



As intestinal disinfectants are especially indicated in 

 this disease, naphthol, benzonaphthol, betol and sali- 

 cylate of bismuth have been tried and are highly re- 

 commended. The dose of each of these drugs is from 

 y^ to 1 grain for a full-grown fowl. The following 

 combinations will be found useful : Betol V^ grain, 

 subnitrate of bismuth 1 grain, powdered opium ^i 

 grain. - Mix and make into pellets with a little syrup. 

 Give at one dose every four hours. Or, benzonaph- 

 thol and salicylate of bismuth of each j'/^ grain, Dover's 

 powder yi grain. 



