RELIABLE POULTRY REMEDIES 



litter, or that have been fed on spoiled grain. Disorders of the digestive 

 organs or other disturbances which cause an unhealthy condition of the mu- 

 cous membrane of the mouth and throat are likely to be accompanied by 

 an attack of canker. 



Symptoms 

 The first noticeable symptoms of this disease are one or more small 

 whitish or yellowish ulcers or a cheesy growth on the roof of the mouth, 

 the side of the tongue, the angles of the jaws or sometimes at the opening 

 of the wind pipe. The growth is, hard and tough but can usually be re- 

 moved without much bleeding, leaving a raw, ulcerated surface. 



Treatment 



Burnt alum applied to the canker sores will often effect a cure. Treat- 

 ing fhe canker spots with a swab (made by twisting a bit of cotton about a 

 sharp stick) moistened with undiluted creolin or with "Loeffler's Solution," 

 holding the swab firmly against the canker sore for a few moments and mov- 

 ing it gradually over the whole ulcer or patch is very effective in some cases. 

 Mild cases may frequently be cured by the application of murate tincture 

 of iron in the same manner. The following powder is highly recommended 

 for the treatment of canker where there are a considerable number of canker 

 spots or groups of ulcers. 



Equal parts of pulverized camphor, boracic acid and sub-nitrate of 

 bismuth, weU mixed. This should be blown in the nostrils or throat by means 

 of a straw or glass tube. For internal treatment give tablets of mercury 

 protiodide, 1-100 of a grain drug strength each. One tablet given to each 

 bird three or four times a day until the canker spots disappear and then the 

 dose gradually reduced will usually effect a cure. 



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