POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
and look for the worms, which may be 
easily recognized by Fig. 12. Male and 
female specimens will be found attached to 
one another. 
GASTRITIS (CATARRH OF THE STOMACH) 
Not a common complaint 
Symptoms. This disease cannot be 
readily diagnosed while the fowl is living; 
it is generally associated with catarrh of the 
crop. (See page 37.) The symptoms are 
similar. Post-mortem examination will 
show the lining of the stomach in an in- 
flamed condition. 
Cause. The inflammation of the lining 
of the stomach is generally due to eating de- 
composing food or other poisonous matter. 
Treatment. Empty the crop as recom- 
mended under Catarrh of the crop. Give 
one or two tablespoonfuls of castor oil and 
feed on soft and easily digested food with 
milk or barley water. Be sure that poultry 
are not allowed to run under trees that have 
been sprayed with arsenical poisons. 
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