ClIAPTEH XVII 

 PIGEON DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES 



Symptoms of and Remedies for Canker — Going- Ligiit — Sour Crop — 

 Colds — Roup — Loose Bowels — Feather Rot — Wing Lumps — Mud Balls. 



In a well regulated, well kept loft wherein are housed healthy 

 breeding stock there is not much excuse for disease. However, 

 there are times when it seems that in spite of all of our system 

 and good management, some bird will show symptoms of sick- 

 ness. As a rule we find disease reduced to a minimum only in 

 lofts that are sanitary and where they are properly constructed 

 and where every j^recaution is taken to have tlic birds get 

 nothing but the cleanest feed and water possible. In order to 

 assist the novice as well as some of the older breeders I have 

 prepared this chapter giving a few symptoms of and simple 

 remedies for several of the most common pigeon diseases. 



Canker 



This is one of the most dreaded of pigeon diseases and one of 

 the dirtiest. It is usually caused from filth, dirty drinking 

 water and unclean grain but principally from musty and mouldy 

 grain. The writer has noticed that in most every case where 

 canker has ever shown up in his flock he could trace it to 

 cracked corn which had been fed only through necessity. This 

 disease appears in the form of cheesy growth in one side of 

 the mouth and throat. The growth enlarges very rapidly and 

 prohibits the iiird from eating. The affected bird can be told 

 from the fact that he is sluggish and out of sorts, his feathers 

 being ruffled. Canker is very contagious and should be taken 

 in hand immediately by removing the patient to other quarters, 



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