HEAD, THROAT AND LUNGS 



vent contagion. Tincture of assafoetida, a teaspoonful in a quart of water, 

 is used for the same purpose, and is said to have a curative action. Three 

 drachms of salicylate of soda in a quart of drinking water is also recom- 

 mended as a preventive. 



How to Remove the Worms 



Extracting the worms from the windpipe is absolutely necessary to 

 effect a cure. The operation is simple and only requires patience and a 

 delicate touch. A loop of horsehair, stripped feather tip or one of the 

 wire gape worm extractors, is the only instrument needed. Prepare a 

 solution of one teaspoonful of creolin in a pint of cold water. Dip the 

 extractor in this both before and after using. The operator should sit in a 

 comfortable position in a strong light with all things convenient for the oper- 

 ation, the affected chicks in a coop by his side and an empty coop to receive 

 the treated chicks near at hand. 



Hold the chick firmly in the left hand with its neck well stretched, 

 and head firmly between the thumb and fore-finger. The mouth should 

 be open and the neck held straight out from the body. 



With the chick held firmly and neck well stretched, dip the extractor 

 in the creolin solution, shake off any excess of fluid, insert the extractor 

 gently into the windpipe and withdraw it with a slightly twisting motion. 

 This will bring out most of the worms and any whiph remain will be killed 

 by contact with the creolin solution. Be gentle and keep your hand steady. 

 You may strangle a chick or two at first, but with a little patience you will 

 acquire skill and be able to treat the chickens easily and rapidly. Wash 

 off all worms removed, in the creolin solution, when through burn them 

 or bury them in a deep hole covering them with quick Ume. Gapes cannot 

 be cured unless you remove and kiU the worms. Do not drop any of the 

 solution down the chick's windpipe; such carelessness may kill the chick. 



A little practice will soon make a skillful operator of a novice. A few 

 chicks may be killed in operating, but it is better to kill them in an endeavor 

 to relieve them than to allow them to die from the disease. 



Some Common Remedies 



Another means of getting the worms out of the chick's windpipe, and 

 one that has proven successfulin some cases, is to confine a number of chicks 

 in a shallow box, and sift powdered air-slaked lime over them until they 

 cough up the worms. 



A number of remedies are recommended for the internal treatment 

 of this disease. The following are credited with curing a number of cases: 

 Thirty drops of camphor spirits mixed with sugar and dissolved in a pint 

 of drinking water, no other drink allowed the sick birds. Half a grain 

 of camphor in pill form given twice daily. Garlic fed freely, either chop- 

 ped and fed plain or mixed with food. Five grains each of powdered assa- 

 foetida and yellow gentian, given in soft food daily. 



If possible, avoid raising chicks on ground that was occupied last sea- 

 son by chicks having gapes. In any case, be sure that all coops and ground 



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