GASTRITIS, (Acute inflammation of Crop.) 



Cause: This disease is caused by the bird having 

 eaten some powerful poison, drank irritating water, 

 or eaten food containing poison. Another form of 

 Gastritis is caused by the feeding of oats, the sharp 

 points causing an irritation. 



Symptoms: The bird will have a very wild look, 

 its wattle and tongue will be very red and inflamed. 

 It will try to vomit, and when this is accomplished 

 the vomited matter will be watery with some mu- 

 cous. It will not care to eat, preferring drink. 



Treatment: Do not allow any food. Remove 

 the irritation by giving gum arable water several 

 times a day with an occasional dose of Laudanum. 

 Before giving any food after the irritation is removed 

 give a few doses of Cod Liver Oil. The first article 

 of diet should be soaked bred. Never use oats unless 

 it is hulled, and be careful that the bird cannot 

 drink any water of a poisonous nature. This ailment 

 is frequently a cause of drinking water standing in 

 old paint pots. 



CONGESTION OF LUNGS. 



A disease afilicting birds about the moulting 

 period. It is caused by a chill, superinduced by 

 taking cold suddenly or from too thick blood. The 

 blood vessels in the lungs become distended and 

 congestion follows, often the bird dying from asphyx- 

 ia caused from the closing of the air cells. 



Symptoms: The breathing is very rapid and 

 constricted, the bird having a very drowsy, lazy 

 appearance, and at times not giving notice of its 

 surroundings. The disease is almost always fatal 

 and somewhat resembles bronchitis, but is a more 



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