PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



Rapid respiration, clotted serum Pneumonia 191 



Emaciation, tubercles on liver, etc Tuberculosis 191 



Blood pale, heart with gray points Infectious Leukaemia 192 



Fowls sleepy, eyes swollen Sleeping disease 192 



White diarrhea, offensive odor Vent gleet 192 



Whitish discharge, pasting up behind, 



drowsiness, swollen abdomen Bacillary White Diarrhea . . 192 



Inflamation of small intestine Bacterial Enteritis 193 



Inflamation of large intestine Dysentery 193 



Diarrhea, first yellow then bright green.. .Cholera 193 



Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment of Poultry Diseases 



I. Affections caused by accidents. 



Bumble Foot is caused by a bruise on ball of foot or puncture and 

 infection. 



Symptoms: Lameness, swelling of foot, infection. 



Treatment: Lance the svifelling, wash out with one per cent of creolin 

 or paint with iodine, anoint with carbolated vaseline, cover with ster- 

 ilized cotton and bind with surgeon's linen or with adhesive tape. Keep 

 fowl in clean place. 



Broken bones are the result of accident. If a clean fracture, set the 

 bone, wrap with a layer of cotton, apply thin splints, bind in place with 

 adhesive tape. A cure will be effected in three weeks. 



Tears, or rents, are also accidental. Pluck feathers from around the 

 sore, wash with one per cent creolin solution, then sew up rent with 

 silk thread that has been saturated in alcohol. Apply unguentine oint- 

 ment to all surface sores, burns, etc. 



Abscesses occur from bruises or infection. Lance and wash out with 

 a one per cent of creolin, then apply tincture of iodine to edges of sore 

 or sprinkle with iodoform or apply unguentine ointment. 



II. Internal accidents 



Apoplexy is caused by a rupture of a blood vessel in brain; is some- 

 times due to excessive fat, or to fright, or to strain in the act of laying. 

 It occurs more frequently with hens than with males. 



Symptoms: Fowl falls from roost or dies on nest. Death is sudden 

 without premonitory symptoms. 



Treatment: Compel exercise, feed less, give Epsom salts occasion- 

 ally to whole flock. 



Broken Egg. Occasionally an egg becomes broken in cloaca or 

 oviduct. This may be due to treading of male or striking an object in 

 flying from perch. 



Symptoms: Straining and bloody discharges. 



Treatment: If in cloaca, remove with finger and swab with un- 

 guentine ointment or olive oil. 



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