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POULTRY DISEASES 



Have the quarters properly ventilated, clean, 

 free from dampness, and supply the birds with 

 good feed and water. If the cause be a lack of 

 lime salts (rachitis), milk and lime water should 

 be given freely. 



Foot Abscesses 



This condition is not 

 shows an abscess due to 



rare in fowls. Fig. 49 

 a Eussian thistle thorn 

 having punctured the 

 soft structures be- 

 tween the toes. A in- 

 dicates the opening, 

 through which a 

 cheesy pus was re- 

 moved, by the aid of 

 a curette (pus scoop). 

 No treatment other 

 than liberation of the 

 pus is ordinarily re- 

 quired. 



Bumble Foot 



This condition is 

 similar to the fore- 

 going. Birds often 

 receive a " stone 

 bruise" on the soft 

 structures of the bot- 

 tom of the foot; a thick or cheesy pus accumu- 

 lates, producing the condition known as bumble 

 foot. The pus should be allowed to escape by 

 opening the abscess and scraping it out. Place 

 the bird in a clean, dry place, preferably on 

 straw, so as to keep dirt out of the sore; wash 

 out with a weak solution of carbolic acid. 



Fig. 50. Thorn Abscess 



A, Opening through Which cheesy pus 



was liberated. 



