Reliable Poultry Remedies; The Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Poultry Diseases

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE INTESTINES AND CROP CHOLERA AND DIARRHOEAS HOW TO DIAGNOSE THE DISEASES ACCOMPANIED BY LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS--MEANS OF PRE- VENTION--SYMPTOMS, REMEDIES AND TREATMENT P. T. WOODS. M. D. DIARRHOEA is the result of disturbances of the normal action of the digestive organs, and is a frequent symptom in many diseases of poultry. Many simple ailments of poultry are accompanied by a looseness of the bowels, or diarrhoea. It is common in many sections of the country to misname all severe diarrhoea, cholera, particularly those in which the excrement has a greenish color. To this fact, is due the belief that fowl cholera is a very common disease. Fowl cholera does not very frequently attack domestic poultry if the fowls are kept under reasonably sanitary conditions. It is, however, sufficiently prevalent to warrant a wholesome fear of it and to make necessary precautionary measures to prevent its appearance in a flock. The poultryman should bear in mind that all diseases accompanied by a troublesome diarrhoea are not necessarily cholera. FOWL CHOLERA The cholera of domestic poultry is a virulent, usually fatal, contagious disease. It is caused by infection with the specific germ of the disease. It attacks all varieties of domestic fowls, and has been observed in wild birds habitating an infected district. It is more common in foreign countries than in the United States. When it once makes its appearance in a flock, the disease is difficult, almost impossible, to control where the birds have free range. Where fowls are kept in semi-confinement, the disease may be readily stamped out, if prompt measures are taken as soon as it is discovered. Infection usually takes place through food or drink which has been fouled by the discharges of the diseased birds. A male bir...