DISEASES AND PESTS OF FOWLS 
losses occur among turkeys or chickens that 
get the germ from them. 
Treatment. Copperas in the drinking 
water (three grains to a quart) has been 
recommended, together with the occasional 
use of calomel in one-grain doses, or one or 
two teaspoonfuls of castor oil. Thorough 
disinfection (see page 10) of houses and 
runs, etc., where affected fowls have been, 
is important. Burn the bodies of birds that 
die of the disease. 
COLD (SIMPLE CATARRH) 
Dangerous, because it-may be confused with the early stages 
of roup 
Symptoms. Discharge from the nostrils 
and the eyes, with occasional fits of sneez- 
ing; loss of appetite, and moping. 
Cause. Cold and damp. Colds most 
frequently occur in wet weather and among 
poorly housed and poorly fed stock. 
Treatment. Warm housing and protec- 
tion from cold and wet. Give quinine— 
one grain to an adult fowl. Many believe 
in dosing fowls suffering from colds with 
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