CHAPTER IV
Diseases and Pests of Fowls
- Abscesses.
- Abnormal eggs (see [Oviduct diseases]).
- Air under skin (see [Emphysema]).
- Air sac mite (see Mites, air sac).
- Anæmia.
- Apoplexy.
- Aspergillosis.
- Atrophy of liver (see Liver diseases).
- Bacterial enteritis (see Diarrhea)
- Baldness (see Favus).
- Biliary repletion (see Jaundice).
- Blackhead of turkeys.
- Breakdown.
- Broken limbs (see Fractures).
- Bronchitis.
- Brooder pneumonia.
- Bumblefoot.
- Cancer (see Liver diseases and Ovary diseases).
- Canker (see Diphtheria).
- Catarrh (see [Cold]).
- Catarrh, contagious (see [Roup]).
- Catarrh of crop.
- Catarrh of stomach (see Gastritis).
- Chicken pox.
- Cholera.
- Cloacitis.
- Coccidiosis of adult fowls.
- Coccidiosis of chickens (see Brooder pneumonia).
- Coccidiosis of turkeys (see Blackhead).
- Cold.
- Congestion of the liver (see Liver diseases).
- Congestion of the lungs (see [Pneumonia]).
- Conjunctivitis (see [Roup]).
- Constipation.
- Cramp.
- Crop-bound.
- Crop, soft (see Soft crop).
- Crop, Catarrh of.
- Depluming mite.
- Diarrhea, bacterial.
- Diarrhea, mycotic.
- Diarrhea, protozoan.
- Diarrhea, simple.
- Diarrhea, severe.
- Diarrhea, white.
- Diphtheria.
- Diphtheritic roup.
- Dislocations (see Fractures).
- Dropsy.
- Dysentery.
- Egg-bound.
- Egg-eating.
- Emphysema.
- Enlargement of heart (see Heart, diseases of).
- Enlargement of liver (see Liver diseases).
- Enlargement of kidneys (see Kidney diseases).
- Enteritis (see Diarrhea).
- Entero-hepatitis (see Blackhead).
- Epilepsy.
- Fatty degeneration.
- Favus.
- Feather-eating.
- Fits (see [Epilepsy]).
- Fleas.
- Fowl typhoid.
- Fractures.
- Frost bite.
- Gangrenous Ovary (see Ovary diseases).
- Gapes.
- Gastritis.
- Going light (see Anæmia).
- Gout.
- Grippe (see [Cold]).
- Heart, diseases of.
- Heart, dropsy of.
- Heart, enlargement of.
- Heart, rupture.
- Hypertrophy of the liver (see Liver diseases).
- Impaction of the crop (see Crop-bound).
- Indigestion.
- Influenza (see [Cold]).
- Jaundice.
- Kidney diseases.
- Leg weakness.
- Leukemia (see Cholera).
- Lice.
- Limber-neck.
- Liver diseases.
- Lungs, congestion of (see [Pneumonia]).
- Maggots.
- Mites, air sac.
- Mites, depluming.
- Mites, red.
- Mites, scaly leg (see Scaly leg).
- Molting.
- Nodular tæniasis (see Worms).
- Ovary diseases.
- Oviduct diseases.
- Peritonitis.
- Pip.
- Pneumonia.
- Poisoning.
- Prolapse of oviduct (see [Oviduct diseases]).
- Puffed skin (see [Emphysema]).
- Pyæmia.
- Rheumatism.
- Roup.
- Scabies (see Mites, depluming).
- Scaly leg.
- Soft crop.
- Sore head (see [Chicken pox]).
- Ticks.
- Tuberculosis.
- Vertigo (see Apoplexy).
- White comb (see Favus).
- White diarrhea of chickens.
- Worms.
ABSCESSES
Not a common poultry complaint
Symptoms. The flesh becomes inflamed and swollen and forms a “head” containing pus.
Cause. A scratch or a small injury followed by inflammation due to pus-forming organisms.
Treatment. Lance the abscess when “ripe” with a clean, sharp knife, cutting low so that the sore may drain readily. Squeeze out the pus; wash with 1% carbolic acid or creolin and dress with creolin and sweet oil (half and half) until healed.
The most common abscess is that which forms on the pad of the foot and develops into bumblefoot.
ANÆMIA, OR GOING LIGHT
A condition that should incite the poultryman to investigate the cause
Symptoms. Birds lose weight, or ”go light,” without any apparent reason.
Cause. A general lack of thriftiness in the flock may be due to insufficient or poor food, to lack of exercise, or to bad ventilation of houses; lice or mites may be infesting the birds. On the other hand, birds may gradually lose weight as the result of some such disease as tuberculosis (see page 90}, aspergillosis (see page 29), or worms (see page 94).