Cause. Over-eating; or food turning sour in the crop.
Treatment. Hold bird downwards and squeeze contents of crop through mouth, taking care not to suffocate the patient. Repeat treatment if necessary. Put on low diet for some time, feeding slowly and sparingly.
TICKS
A pest found in the Southern States and tropical countries
Symptoms. The fowl has fever, appears depressed, and stands in a cramped position.
Fig. 23. The Fowl Tick a. Adult.
b. Larva.
Cause. The fowl tick (Argas minatus), which hides during the day in cracks and crevices, sucks the fowl’s blood at night and introduces a fever-producing parasite.
Remedies. Examine sick birds during the day, and visit the roosts at night, for proof of the presence of ticks; carefully search under perches, in nests, and in corners of woodwork, etc. Spray woodwork with 5% creolin; squirt kerosene oil, or turpentine, into cracks and crevices.
TUBERCULOSIS
A very serious poultry disease
