POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
LIVER DISEASES 
The liver is affected by several diseases, 
and the poultryman, who finds a spotted 
liver on post-mortem examination, will be 
much aided in determining the cause, if he 
takes into consideration the symptoms 
noticed before the fowl died, as well as the 
changes in the other internal organs. The 
importance of the post-mortem examination 
is in distinguishing whether the death of the 
fowl is due to a contagious disease. 
The causes of diseased livers may be con- 
veniently divided into two classes: 
1. Diseased livers due to indigestion, 
e. g., enlargement. 
2. Diseased livers due to a specific 
disease, e. g., tuberculosis. 
Diseases Due to Indigestion 
In this class may be included degenera- 
tion, inflammation, congestion, enlargement, 
and atrophy of the liver. There are more 
or less distinct differences in these diseases, 
but the only possible methods of treatment 
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