398 The Diseases of Animals 
terial, and shows a depraved appetite, eating various 
substances that are unusual. Later, the appetite fails, 
the chicken becomes dull and stands with the head close 
to the body, the eyes closed, and exhibits signs of great 
weakness and prostration. In some cases, fowls die 
very soon, often within three or four days after infec- 
tion; in other cases, they linger for weeks with a 
chronic form of the disease. Toward the termination 
of the disease, the diarrhea becomes less severe, and the 
process of digestion seems to be stopped, as the crops of 
dead chickens remain filled with undigested food. All 
dead fowls should be burned. 
All fowls that do not show signs of the disease are to 
be removed to uninfected grounds, and given a variety 
of nourishing food, with pure water, both of which should 
be free from contamination by the germs of the disease. 
No dishes used for sick fowls are to be used for the well 
ones. Attendants should not go from infected ground 
to localities where healthy fowls are kept. 
Medicinal treatment is not always satisfactory. One 
of the best remedies is the following: 
Sulfate of iron Bate A . 1 dram 
Dried blood bss ... 3% ounce 
Tincture of opium : bs Gas 14 ounce 
These should be dissolved and mixed with a pint of 
water, or with thin, easily digested food, and from one 
to two teaspoonfuls given to each fowl three or four 
times daily. 
After the disease has disappeared, no healthy fowls 
should be brought into the infected quarters until they 
