PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



From eating copper sulphate Copper poisoning 184 



From eating arsenic Arsenic poisoning 183 



From eating paint skins Lead poisoning 184 



From eating rye Ergot poisoning 184 



VI. — Affections caused by improper feeds and feeding and malnutrition: 



Failure in assimilation Malnutrition 184 



Going light from infection or malnutrition. Asthenia 184 



Lack of nutrients in food Sore eyes 184 



Lack of protein and vitamines Beri-beri 185 



Inflation of crop Crop fermentation 185 



Excess of one kind of food Gout 185 



Swelling of joints Articular gout 185 



White deposit on viscera Visceral gout 185 



Failure in digestion Indigestion 185 



Intestines plugged with fecal matter Constipation 185 



Looseness of bowels Simple diarrhea 185 



Inflamation of proventriculus Gastritis 185 



Inflamation of liver Hepatitis 185 



Excess of bile Jaundice '. 186 



Enlargement of liver Hypertrophy. . ; 185 



Fatty disease of liver Fatty degeneration of liver 186 



Overfeeding of chicks Leg weakness 186 



Excessive fat or diseased oviduct Soft shelled eggs 186 



VII. — Affections caused by parasites: 



I. — By animal parasites: 

 (i) By external animal parasites: 



By lice Emaciation 170 



By Red Mite Anemia 170 



By depluming mite Feather pulling 171 



Scaly-leg mite Scaly-leg 171 



(2) By internal animal parasites 



Air-sac mite in air sacs Suiiocation 171 



Round worms in alimentary tract Emaciation 186 



Tape worms in lower intestine Epilepsy 187 



By amoebae attacking liver & ceca Blackhead 187 



By coccidia attacking liver & ceca Coccidiosis 187 



Ceca plugged, yellow diarrhea Coccidial diarrhea 188 



Worms in windpipe Gapes 188 



2. — By vegetable parasites: 

 (i) By external vegetable parasites: 



Comb and face with white powdery scurf White-comb 189 



Comb and face with white patches Favus 189 



Warty sores on head Chicken Pox 189 



(2) By internal vegetable parasites: 



Fungus attacking air passages Aspergillosis 190 



Aspergillus attacking young chicks Brooder pneumonia 190 



Swollen eyes, offensive discharge Roup 190 



Growth of false membrane in mouth Diphtheria 191 



Inflamation of bronchi, contagious Influenza 191 



Fungus growth in oesophagus Thrush 191 



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