POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
and making a post-mortem examination to 
discover if a specific disease is the cause. 
APOPLEXY 
Not a common trouble 
Symptoms. Staggering gait and bewil- 
dered appearance; bird generally drops 
dead suddenly. 
Cause. Attributed to high feeding or 
over-laying. 
Treatment. ‘There is usually no time for 
treatment, but if the attack is mild, put the 
bird in a dark place and give no food for a 
few hours; give a dose of Epsom salts and 
add green food to diet. Bleeding from 
under a wing is sometimes tried. 
Post-mortem examination shows clotted 
blood on the brain, the other organs being 
normal. 
The name vertigo is applied to congestion 
of the brain as distinct from apoplexy due 
to hemorrhage of the brain. The fowl has 
fits. It is difficult to distinguish this disease 
from epilepsy (see page 55). The cause 
is little understood. 
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