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Diseases of Fowls. 
(Continued from last issue). 
RHEUMATIC TROUBLES. 
This general description includes the 
seyeral forms of limb trouble to which 
fowls are subject, because at first sight 
they are not easily distinguishable from 
one another, but as arule, the treatment 
is thesame. The different ailments are 
rheumatism, leg-weakness. and cramp. 
Rheumatism may be saidtoarise from 
blood impurities, which if not removed, 
form deposits in the limbs, and these de- 
posits constitute what is known as gont. 
Poullry which vre reared in confined 
places, where the amount of exercise is 
hmited, or where kept in damp places, or 
roost in damp houses, are most likely to 
sufier from the complaint. The treatment 
which is effective for rheumatism and 
gout consists in giving some saline ape- 
rient, such as Epsom salts, to clear the 
system, using a little stimulating lini- 
ment, in order to revive the muscular 
action, and eas deposit that 
a teudency to form. 
cae should a first. well bathed 
with warm water, and then rubbed 
briskly with a mixture of turpentine or 
salad oil. The fowls should have good 
and nutritious feeding during the time 
atment, . 
¢ Le einer is of several kinds, and 
before dealing with the usual forms of it, 
Auugst 1, 1908 
it may be well to mention that sometimes 
young hens lose the power of their legs 
after laying, and this must be carefully 
distinguished from the ordinary leg- 
weakness, and usually occurs more sud- 
denly, 
A young hen may have laid, or went to 
lay, and she may quite unexpectedly lose 
all power from her legs, and remain 
squatted down, unable to move. This in- 
dicates mnscular trouble in the egg or- 
gans, to overstraining in laying a double- 
yolked egg, inflammation, or other 
causes, 
Leg-weakness proper affects young 
poultry for the most part, and is due to 
consttutional weakness, improper feed- 
ing, etc., and appears in cockerels more 
than in pullets, and usually in those of 
between 3 and 5 months of age. It is 
particularly prevalent with the heavier 
breeds, and those of the long-legged va- 
tieties which require a considerable 
amount of bone in their long limbs to 
support the weight of their bodies. The 
bird is more or less incapable of holding 
itself up, and frequently sinks to the 
ground, and often is unable to stand. The 
weakness is frequently dne to a forcing 
diet. To obtain this bone-forming sub- 
stonce it is necessary that the birds 
should be specially fed on suitable nour- 
ishing foods—barley, ground raw bones, 
and meat, with. plenty of fresh green 
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The best treatment is to administer 
pills composed of phosphate of lime, 5 
grains, sulphate of iron, 1 grain; sul- 
phate of quinine, 4 grain; strychnine, 
1-15 of a grain, ‘The above quantity will 
make a dozen pills, one of which should 
be given each day. The fowls should be 
kept in a dry place, and allowed to rest 
on soft hay or straw. 
Cramp, another form of leg- weakness, 
due to defective circulation, and brought 
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