DISINFECTION AND CLEANSING OF AVIARY 



so that adult birds are not kept on the same ground as in the 

 preceding year. Portable pens are sold by many dealers in 

 game appliances, and as a rule the prices are usually 

 reasonable, but for a description of these the reader is referred 

 to that section of the work dealing with " Appliances of the 

 Pheasantry." The woodwork of the pheasantry should be 

 scraped, then brushed over with a solution of some strong 

 disinfectant, and afterwards lime-whitened, using freshly- 

 slaked lime for the purpose. This periodical lime-whitening 

 of the woodwork is of the greatest importance, and in carrying 

 it out it is better to employ a spraying apparatus, as this 

 insures all particles of the lime-whitening being brought into 

 contact with the interstices of the woodwork. Precisely the 

 same remarks are applicable to the coops before being 

 removed to the rearing-field. Mere surface cleaning of the 

 coops is of no use ; each coop must be washed with boiling 

 water and washing-soda, then brushed over with a strong 

 disinfecting fluid, and, finally, thoroughly sprayed inside with 

 freshly-prepared lime-wash. The more portable coops are 

 made the better they are to cleanse, and if made so that all 

 parts can be disunited the facility for cleansing is greatly 

 augmented. Unfortunately the coops are often kept in a 

 dirty condition, thus inviting the onset of disease. The 

 best fluid disinfectants for such purposes are Carbolic 

 Acid, Formalin, Pino-Eucalypt, Lysol, Pearson's Antiseptic, 



Creolin, etc. 



In some instances, especially in those cases where the 

 coops are infested with vermin, it is a good plan to first 

 of all scrub them out with boiling water, and then expose 

 them for a few hours to the combined vapours of Sulphur 

 and Formalin, for which purpose Sulpho- Formalin Candles 

 are sold, and the vapour emitted is very destructive to 

 minute forms of animal life. There are various other 



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