to other birds fi-om the scales or flakes that peal off 

 the swellings from time to time. These flakes may be 

 taken in the food or drinking water and the disease 

 set up violently from the affects. One very important 

 part in treating diseases is to remove the afiiioted birds 

 to quarters by themselves, and it will be found best to 

 remove quite a distance from the breeding house or loft, 

 as some ailments such as Diphtheria etc. are exceed- 

 ingly contagious and all the precautions possible should 

 be adhered to, to prevent the disease from spreading. 

 Fungoid may however originate in the start by the too 

 free use of Indian Corn and carbonaceous articles of 

 food, finally terminating into a regular tubercular di- 

 sease, the system being full of tubercles is evident from 

 the nature of the swelling. A bird when once afflicted 

 in a very severe form may be considered incureable 

 and it would be far better to kill it at once and pre- 

 vent it spreading to the others. 



Symptoms: A small swelling having the appear- 

 ance, of fungus appears first on some part of the wat- 

 tle and sometimes the growth may start in the orbit 

 of the eye itself. Wherever these swellings do appear 

 they finally develope into an ulcer out of which is dis- 

 charged an ugly yellowish fluid. These ulcers enlarge 

 greatly and spread very rapidly until finally the whole 

 head may become involved with them, and may have 

 swollen to twice its natural size. Most cases death 

 however relieves the bird of its suffering before reach- 

 ing this stage. 



Treatment: In mild cases the swelling can be re- 

 duced somewhat and the discharges should be removed 

 as much as possible. The object is mainly to heal 



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