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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
the flock for even an hour. I'hey should be placed in hospital at once, thus minimising the risk of 
contamination. 
The stunted or unthrifty specimens also should be killed off to prevent them, in many cases, becoming 
disease distributors. Doctoring sick Fowls, especially breeding stock, rarely pays ; though at times a post- 
mortem will often reveal the trouble, and prewnti\e measures at once taken may ward off disease from the 
rest of the birds. As a rule, if the ailment is serious, it is far better to kill them and promptly burn the 
bodies, or bury them in (]uicklime. If simply buried in the ground, without taking the latter precaution, 
great risks are run, as a specific germ is present in most diseases of Poultry. 
