THE INTESTINES AND CROP 



warm at all times. Do not let them huddle in sunny spots, and keep their 

 quarters dry and clean. For a little while each day expose all parts of the 

 brooder or brood coop to fresh air and sunlight. 



If these rules of prevention and treatment are carefully foUowed the 

 poultryman will have little to fear from diarrhoea in small chicks. 



DISEASES OF THE LIVER 



CONGESTION — INFLAMMATION — HYPERTRO- 

 PHY—THE SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT 



DR. N. W. SANBORN 



The diseases of the liver generally result from too heav}' feeding or 

 from the over use of condiments. Nine-tenths of these liver troubles are 

 due to the giving of a ration too rich in starch elements. The single flock 

 of the village lot is especially prone to liver disease because of the large 

 proportion of bread foods in the table waste. Unless you can control the 

 feeding of this waste it is safer to depend upon a mash of balanced ground 

 grain and meat. 



Congested or sluggish liver is the beginning of inflammation of the 

 organ or may be a serious trouble in itself. If left to follow its own course, 

 with no change in diet, the chances are that inflammation and enlargement 

 will follow. 



Any trouble with the other organs of the abdomen that obstructs the 

 circulation of the blood will congest the Uver. The persistent feeding of 

 many of the so-called "egg foods" to birds closely housed and yarded irritate 

 both liver and egg organs. The use of a ration in which potatoes form too 

 large a part throws so much work upon the liver that, in its endeavor to per- 

 form its part, it becomes at first congested, then inflamed, and ends in per- 

 manent enlargement or in atrophy. 



CONGESTION OF THE LIVER 



The early symptoms of a congested liver are seldom noticed. There 

 is a lack of color in comb and wattles that makes one wonder what is to fol- 

 low. Usually your first sign of trouble is a watery diarrhoea, dark at first, 

 but changing in a few days to a yellow oast. The feathers do not look 

 smooth and shiny, but have a dull, rough appearance. At this time the 

 color of comb and wattles has begun to change from the natural hue to a dark 

 red or purple, often getting nearly or quite black in color. The sick bifds 

 show no appetite for food, but move from place to place without ambition 

 to eat or exercise. 



If these cases are early noticed and promptly treated, most of them 

 will recover their health. As the cause is largely one of improper feeding, 



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