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Staggering gait and appearances of a Keep fowl quiet; put in a dark place;

sudden tit

Loss of weight.

Affects chickens; many deaths Rattling in throat.

whitish diarrhea;

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give Epsom salts.

Avoid musty grain and straw.

No cure; prevent by strict sanitary methods.

Paint throat with iodine.

head Gently scrape off scab and paint with iodine.

Isolate and syringe nostrils with 2% carbolic acid.

Yellowish patches on throat following Isolate; paint patches with hydrogen

an attack of roup.... Skin puffed out Bird has fit

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peroxide or iodine; best to kill fowl. Puncture with needle.

If worms are believed to be the cause
give santonin.

Anoint with sulphur

iodine.

Rub with vaseline.

ointment

or

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Nostrils caked with offensive smelling exudate

Hardened scale on tip of tongue.
Great difficulty in breathing.

Isolate; syringe nostrils with 5% car-
bolic acid; best to kill fowl with
bad attack.

Soften and remove.

Paint shoulders

above lungs with

iodine; generally incurable.

Drooping wings; dullness; many deaths! Strict sanitary measures; difficult to

control.

Distended crop with offensive liquid.. Empty crop; diet sparingly.

Yellow feces; bad diarrhea; sudden
death of several birds........
Offensive discharges from cloaca....
Unsuccessful efforts to evacuate.....
Loss of weight, diarrhea.

No cure known; kill fowl and burn
body; take every precaution to pre-
vent spread.

Syringe out cloaca.

Give castor oil; supply green food and make bird scratch for grain. No remedies.

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EXTERNAL SYMPTOMS

Wasting away; lameness.

Dullness; many deaths; whitish diarrhea

Swelling on pad of foot..

Difficulty in standing straight..

Broken shank or wing.

TREATMENT

Kill affected birds; disinfect poultry houses, etc.

Proper feeding; thorough disinfection; difficult to control.

Lance, if bad; paint with iodine; lower perches.

Hold legs in warm water; rub with embrocation; keep bird in dry place. Splints.

Pain in joints of legs and difficulty in Difficult to cure; rub joints with emstanding

Unsteady walk

Stiffness in joints; difficult to distinguish from cramp and gout.....

On hen and in nest straw.....
Gaping of chicks and effort to dis-
lodge something in throat or wind-
pipe

Unthrifty condition of birds; deser-
tion of nests by setting hens..
Running wound

brocation.

Select breeders.

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