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worms and by eating the worms coughed up by infested chicks. Tur- 

 keys harbor these parasites and communicate them to chicks. 



Symptoms: Gaping, sneezing, coughing, and discharge of mucus. 



Treatment: Remove the chicks to uninfected ground. Disinfect all 

 vessels. Cremate all dead chicks. Use permanganate of potash in drink- 

 ing water. Scatter lime over infected ground. Spade or plow and 

 then give another dressing of lime. Take two horse hairs, tie at ends 

 and cut off projecting portions close to knot and insert into the trachea 

 through the larynx. Give the hairs a twist and withdraw, removing the 

 worms by the operation. 



3. External Vegetable Parasites 



Chicken Pox. The specific germ of chicken pox has not been 

 isolated. Some consider it an animal parasite and some a vegetable 

 parasite. Some think it is a form of roup. Others consider it a blood 

 disease. Small wart-like nodules of a greasy appearance appear on 

 comb and face. Eyes become affected and are sometimes destroyed. 

 A high fever, thirst and stupor develop. It is estimated that .'50 per 

 cent of all cases die. 



A case of chicken pox 



Treatment: Disinfect buildings and premises with creolin solution. 

 Put sick fowls in comfortable quarters and add a few drops of creolin 

 to the drinking water. Give one grain capsule of quinine to each fowl, 

 and after removing the scabs from head, apply iodoform-vaseline 

 ointment. 



White Comb or Favus is caused by a fungus known as Achorion 

 Schonleinii. It attacks the comb or face and occurs first as white 



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