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POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
or diseased livers. (Fig. 24.) The sec- 
tion on diagnosis by post-mortem examina- 
tion gives further information on these sub- 
jects and shows how the principal diseases 
may be distinguished. 
The term cancer is sometimes applied to 
cases in which there are tumors on the liver. 
MAGGOTS 
Occasionally found in flesh wounds of poultry 
Symptoms. A flesh wound that instead 
of healing develops into a sore with a slight 
running. On examination, maggots will be 
found. 
Cause. Several species of flies are al- 
ways ready to lay their eggs in any available 
wound or sore; therefore wounds must be 
watched in the case of poultry, as with all 
other animals of the farmyard. ‘The eggs 
laid by these flies hatch and develop into 
small footless grubs commonly known as 
maggots. | 
Treatment. Wash the wound with 1 to 
2% creolin; remove as many of the maggots 
as possible with a pair of tweezers or a 
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