274 Veterinary Elements. 



Cholera — Overcrowding, filth, impure water and feed. 

 Use a little baking soda, alum or carbolic acid 30 drops 

 to one quart of the drinking-water, disinfect the runs 

 with lime, also the house. 



Canker — Dampness and filth. Powder mouth and 

 throat with burnt alum, disinfect the quarters. 



Apoplexy — Over-feeding and lack of exercise. Give 

 a teaspoonful of castor oil, vegetable diet, cold water- to 

 head. 



Soft shells — Over-feeding or lack of lime in the food. 

 Give oyster shells, cut bone, and a vegetable diet. 



Leg weakness — In-breeding and over-feeding, lack of >= 



bone forming food and grit. Give one grain of quinine 

 daily, grit, vegetable diet, and cut bone. 



Sore eyes and pip — Damp houses. 



Diarrhoea — -Damp houses, filthy runs and houses, bad 

 feeding. The same treatment as for cholera. 



Crop-bound — Over-feeding and lack of grit. Give cas- 

 tor oil and milk and knead carefully. 



Unless your poultry are valuable stock, kill at once if 

 diseased, doctoring is expensive in time and money. 



