POULTRY DISEASES‘: AND THEIR TREATMENT 
Soft crop. 
Sore head (see Chicken pox). 
Ticks. 
‘Tuberculosis. 
Vertigo (see Apoplexy). 
White comb (see Favus). 
White diarrhea of chickens. 
Worms. 
ABSCESSES 
Not a common poultry complaint 
Symptoms. ‘The flesh becomes inflamed 
and swollen and forms a “head” containing 
pus. 
Cause. A scratch or a small injury fol- 
lowed by inflammation due to pus-forming 
organisms. 
Treatment. Lance the abscess when 
“ripe” with a clean, sharp knife, cutting low 
so that the sore may drain readily. Squeeze 
out the pus; wash with 1% carbolic acid or 
creolin and dress with creolin and sweet oil 
(half and half) until healed. 
The most common abscess is that which 
forms on the pad of the foot and develops 
into bumblefoot. 
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