SURGICAL DISEASES 301 
WOUNDS 
Fowls are liable to be wounded by fighting, by bites of dogs, by 
birds of prey, etc. Treatment consists of clipping off the feathers 
in the vicinity to expose the wounded area. The wound may be 
washed in a three per cent solution of compound solution of cresol. 
Hemorrhage may be controlled by the application of perchloride of 
iron with a pledget of cotton. Slight hemorrhage may be treated 
with styptic collodion. Since the blood of birds, especially of pigeons, 
clots very readily, hemorrhage is usually controlled without difficulty. 
Extensive wounds of the skin may be sutured. Tattered portions of 
muscle may be clipped off smooth with scissors. 
Treatment is more difficult if the wound includes a tear of the 
crop. In such a case the organ must be first emptied of its food 
contents by flushing out with fluid introduced by means of a rubber 
tube. Treatment then is carried out in the same manner as in 
closing an incision of the crop. 
In general, wounds of birds, except the most severe ones, heal 
readily. Suppuration of wounds as in mammals, does not occur in 
birds. 
REFERENCES 
1. Klee. Die hauptsichlichsten Gefliigel-Krankheiten. Leipzig. 1905. 
9. Mégnin. Medecine des oiseaux. Vincennes: Au Bureaux de I- 
Eleven. 1906. ; 
3. Pearl and Surface. The use of atropine sulphate in anesthetizing 
birds for surgical experiments. J. Am. M. Ass., Vol. 52, 1909, p. 382. 
