POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
TICKS 
A pest found in the Southern States and tropical countries 
Symptoms. The fowl has fever, appears 
depressed, and stands in a cramped position. 
Cause. The fowl tick (Argas minatus), 
which hides during the day in 
cracks and crevices, sucks the 
, fowl’s blood at night and in- 
a troduces a  fever-producing 
Oe Seah parasite. 
HE OWL ICK # . . 
a. Adult. Remedies. Examine sick 
birds during the day, and visit 
the roosts at night, for proof of the presence 
of ticks; carefully search under perches, in 
nests, and in corners of woodwork, etc. 
Spray woodwork with 5% creolin; squirt 
kerosene oil, or turpentine, into cracks and 
crevices. 
TUBERCULOSIS 
A very serious poultry disease 
Symptoms. This disease may be present 
in a poultry yard for some time without 
being detected. Suspicion should be 
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