July 1, 1908 
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AFTER ComIN 
Diseases of Fowls. 
(Continued from last issue). 
APOPLEXY. 
This ailment is associated with male 
birds more frequently than with hens, 
The symptoms are giddiness, awkward- 
ness of gait. the head and comb become 
quite dark in colour; then the bird sud- 
denly falls down, struggles, and, if not 
attended to, often dies. 
Every keeper of poultry has had expe- 
rience of the disease, and although he 
may not of been a witness to the symp- 
toms mentioned, is familiar with the~ 
results, it being nothing unusual to have 
seen his flock all on their perches of a 
night, apparently healthy, and in the. 
morning finding one dead under the perch 
Attacks are jvery easily prompted in 
birds subject to the trouble. A fright 
will bring it on; if hungry, rushing their 
food may cause an attack; while an attempt 
to catch the fowls in the yard is at times 
responsible for a death from apoplexy. 
Hens are sometimes found dead on the 
nest after laying, from the same cause; 
intense heat or excitement may also bring 
it on. High feeding is the principal cause 
of the ailment, over-fat specimens being 
frequent subjects, while some authorities 
- think it may be inherited from parents 
which have been highly fed; at any rate 
fowls which haye been penned and 
liberally fed are most subject to it. 
Another term for the ailment being 
congestion of the brain, a small blood 
_vessel of the brain breaking, causing the 
attack. As with other parts of the mus- 
cular system, the little arteries suffer from 
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fatty degeneration, which weakens the 
wall, and is thus unable to resist the 
pressure caused by over-excitement which 
is brought to bear on the brain vessels ; 
some of them are ruptured, and serious 
results follow. 
Some authorities say that the deaths 
resulting from extreme heat are not 
apoplexy proper, for although due to 
pressure on the brain, there is no clot of 
blood fonnd as in apoplexy. 
Remedial.—When a fowl is attackel it 
‘should be treated at once, or death may 
ensue The first thing to do and usually 
effective, is to bleed the bird by opening 
the large vein found under the wing with 
a sharp penknife, and allow say two tea- 
spoonsful of blood to flow. 
Preceding the operation cold water 
should be thrown over the bird’s head, 
which at times brings about a recovery, 
but bleeding is the most effective. Fol- 
lowing this the bird should be placed in 
a pen by itself, given some Epson salts 
in its drinking water, and fed sparingly. 
‘At the same time fowls prone to apo- 
plexy are rarely profitable to their owners; 
even when cured of attacks they should 
_ be got rid of at the earliest opportunity. 
Preventive measures are in the way of 
correct feeding; a diet of maize provoking 
the disease. Howls having a free range, 
with herbage at will are rarely apopletic. 
Drarrua@a, Dysentry, Erc. 
‘Intestinal troubles in fowls are 9f many 
sorts and degroes from simple diarrhcer 
to the almost incurable dysentry. The 
intestines forma large part of the alimen- 
tary canal, and run from the mouth of 
the fowl right through the system, ter- 
minating in the cloce, just inside the 
vent. Theintestines (two) are, of course, 
part of the digestive system. The small 
one runs from the gizzard to the large 
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Yes, if you REGULARLY use. 
“KONDO” — 
Poultry Food. 
POULTRY FOR PROFIT is a very inter- 
esting subject, and one that is not yet 
definitely settled ia this country. How- 
ever, there is one thing certain, if Hens 
can be made to lay a large nttmber 
of eggs, and they do not die from 
Sickness, Poultry-keeping would pay, and 
pay very handsomely ‘‘* KONDO” Poultry 
Food will assist the former, and by keeping 
the birds healthy greatly reduces the latter. 
To be-had fron Stcrekeepers, or from — 
R G. LILLYWHITE, Sole Agent, © 
*Phone 2250. 10 Alma Chambers. 
