. Diseases of poultry; their etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Poultry. Diseases of the Respiratory System 181 mucous membrane of the air-sacs and bronchi. When the number of parasites is small they cause no serious inconven- ience to the bird. When there are a large number present they may cause inflammation of the membrane and secretion of mucus or they may seriously obstruct the air passages. Treatment. â Treatment of infested birds is probably use- less. Feeding sulphur with the food or compelling the birds to inhale the fmnes of burning sulphur or burning tar or the steam of
. Diseases of poultry; their etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Poultry. Diseases of the Respiratory System 181 mucous membrane of the air-sacs and bronchi. When the number of parasites is small they cause no serious inconven- ience to the bird. When there are a large number present they may cause inflammation of the membrane and secretion of mucus or they may seriously obstruct the air passages. Treatment. â Treatment of infested birds is probably use- less. Feeding sulphur with the food or compelling the birds to inhale the fmnes of burning sulphur or burning tar or the steam of boiling tar water has been" recommended. If a flock is infested with this parasite it is best when possible to start a new flock with incubator chicks raised on a new range and carefully protected from infection from the old flock. Or stock may be purchased from an un- infested flock. Birds with this parasite should not be bought or sold for breeding or laying purposes, as the Fig. SS. â CytodUes nudus. The flock into which they are in- f/;?'"' â¢'*^; ,9^^^^^ enlarged. troduced will become mfested from them. Since this parasite cannot live long outside the bird's body, the houses, runs, etc., do not remain in- fested long after all the diseased birds have been removed. â Prognosis. â A bird once infected is probably never free from the parasite but may live a long time little harmed by its Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pearl, Raymond; Surface, Frank Macy, 1882- joint author; Curtis, Maynie Rose, 1880- joint author. New York, The Macmillan Company
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