POULTRY DISEASES. 167 



CROP BOUND. 



Impaction of the crop is a condition known to many poultrymen. Tliis is 

 caused by the retention and sweUing of grain, by tlie accumulation of dead gases 

 or by some obstruction of the outlet of the crop. It is also caused by poor 

 digestion, and occasionally a bird has had a fast, then when allowed all it will eat it 

 stuflfs its crop to the utmost capacity. 



Symptoms. 



Swell crop. Fowl stretches its neck occasionally as though choked or trying 

 to swallow. 



Treatment. 



Take ordinary baking soda (saleratus), dissolve a tablespoonful in one pint of 

 warm rain water, flush crop by pouring the water down the fowl's throat. I'vnead 

 crop gently between thumb and finger until the mass is broken up. Tie fowl by 

 feet, lay its head downward, hold mouth open, work crop gently, and in this manner 

 the crop may be emptied. In extreme cases, the knife must be resorted to, and 

 when this is done the incision should be as high up as possible. After the mass 

 is taken out, the opening should be sewed. Feed nothing but soft feed for eight 

 or ten days, and a mixture of Poultry Tonic. It is a rare case when the fowl 

 dies from the operation. 



See Prescription No. 190, page 183. 



DIARRHOEA 



In chickens and adult fowls is caused from too coarse food, filthy water, 

 improper temperature, etc. 



Symptoms. 

 Discharge or looseness of the bowels. 



Treatment. 



Use Poultry Cholera Medicine as prescribed for Cholera, using half the 

 amount for chicks. 



See Prescription No. 191, page 183. 



GAPES. 



This is a parasitic disease prevalent among chicks. The worm that causes the 

 disease is hatched from an egg containing embryo, and they attach themselves to 

 the lining of the windpipe. They live and flourish until they become so numerous 

 as to choke the chick, if nothing is done to hinder their progress. 



Treatment. 



The chicks go around with their mouths open, gasping for breath and making 

 a gasping noise. Feed Poultry Tonic to your chicks and keep them free from lice, 

 and they will never have Gapes. In case the chicks already have them, use the 

 same treatment as for Bronchial Roup. 



See Prescription No. 192, page 183. 



LEG WEAKNESS. 



Caused from in-breeding, lack of nourishing food, overcrowding, damp quarters 

 and sometimes from too wide a perch to roost upon. 



Symptoms. 



Unsteady gait. Bird will attempt to walk and topple over, either forward or 

 backward, and in advance stages is wholly unable to walk. The feet and legs 

 become feverish and dry. 



Treatment. 



Rub legs with Oil of Camphor and add fifteen grains of Iodide of Potassium 

 to every quart of drinking water. Feed nourishing food, containing double the 

 amount of Poultry Tonic that is usually given. 



See Prescription No. 193, page 183. 



