ANAEMIA, (Poor Blood.) 



The blood when it contains less than the ordinary 

 number of red corpuscles is a condition known as 

 Anaemia and is characterized by all the signs of 

 weakness. It may be caused by a hemorrhage from 

 a cut or other serious injury, from the feeding of 

 improper food, or the bird's digestion being poor the 

 assimilation of food is not perfected. A long siege 

 of Enteritis, (inflammation of bowels) is another 

 cause of Anaemia. After a sudden loss of blood from 

 the bird, in consequence of a cut etc., the volume of 

 the circulation is quickly restored by the absorbtion 

 of a fluid, but the red corpuscles cannot be so readily 

 replaced. The poor watery blood circulating through 

 the body does not give it the proper nourishment, 

 therefore the bird's weakness. 



Symptoms: Extreme weakness, the bird being 

 scarcely able to get around. It may have diarrhoea 

 and sometimes constipation, or the grains eaten may 

 pass through the bowels undigested. The tongue and 

 membranes of the mouth will have an extremely pale 

 appearance, and the eye will be somewhat sunken 

 and glassy. When flying, the bird will be found to 

 breathe very hurriedly and upon the slightest exer- 

 tion the bird's heart will be greatly quickened. 



Treatment: Iron in some form must be given 

 the bird to increase the number of red corpuscles, 

 and besides good nutritious and easily digested foods 

 such as soaked bread, good wheat, hemp seed, and 

 oat meal water to drink, nothing else need be done. 

 The tonic contains all the Iron required and should 

 be given in larger quantities than in most other 

 diseases. 



