POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
FATTY DEGENERATION 
Not contagious, but pointing to error in diet 
Symptoms. More or less sudden deaths 
of birds in good condition. Post-mortem 
examination shows an enlarged liver and 
masses of fat attached to the intestines. 
Cause. Something wrong with the diet; 
too much heat-giving food and want of ex- 
ercise. 
Treatment. Post-mortem proof of fatty 
degeneration in the flock should lead the 
poultry owner to change the diet, reducing 
the amount of heat-giving food, and giving 
more exercise. Some authors draw atten- 
tion to a fatty degeneration in which the 
liver is shrunken and shows fat globules 
under the microscope. 
FAVUS (WHITE COMB) 
Disfiguring, but easily controlled if treated early 
Symptoms. Whitish scabs or crusts on 
the comb, the head and down the neck. 
Cause. Due to a fungus that spreads, if 
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