THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND AILMENTS 



enteric is liable to occur under the best of con- 

 ditions, all that is necessary towards its produc- 

 tion being an infected _ bird or some other agent 

 capable of carrying the virus of the disease. With 

 reference to remedial agents, there are none, and 

 any specifics advertised for such purposes may be 

 regarded as of no practical value. The periodical 

 lime-whitening of the coops along with the dis- 

 infection of the same must, as a matter of course, 

 be duly observed, but it is more economical to 

 destroy infected coops than to retain them, as it 

 is quite possible they may, in spite of disinfection, 

 act as media for keeping the trouble alive. 



Liver Disease 



Reference has already been made to disease of the liver 

 when speaking of tuberculosis, in which disease this organ 

 is frequently implicated. More especially do such remarks 

 apply when Pheasants have been reared in aviaries, and 

 kept there for a considerable period. Congestion of the liver 

 is liable to arise when the food has been of a too stimulat- 

 ing nature or unsuitable in other respects. Many young 

 Pheasants die from this trouble, caused in the manner 

 indicated, but a large percentage of deaths are likewise 

 attributable to a similar condition of this organ, only in 

 association with a much more troublesome malady, namely, 

 infectious enteric. Needless to say, the liver constitutes a 

 very important part of the digestive system, it being in this 

 organ that the starchy constituents of the food are stored up 

 as reserved material to be subsequently used up according 

 to the requirements of the economy. The liver is composed 



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