The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . it prevails in half thecounties heard from, and the money lost by it varies from afew hundred dollars to $200,000 in each county every year!The Commissioner figures out the total annual loss as cer-tainly more than ten million dollars! Cause.—The disease originates from poisonous germs,and is exceedingly infectious. These germs enter the systemby the digestive organs, and they are generally taken withthe food. The contagion is spread by means of the excre-ment of sick fowls or the flesh or other parts of dead , no d
The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . it prevails in half thecounties heard from, and the money lost by it varies from afew hundred dollars to $200,000 in each county every year!The Commissioner figures out the total annual loss as cer-tainly more than ten million dollars! Cause.—The disease originates from poisonous germs,and is exceedingly infectious. These germs enter the systemby the digestive organs, and they are generally taken withthe food. The contagion is spread by means of the excre-ment of sick fowls or the flesh or other parts of dead , no doubt, it is carried considerable distances bysmall birds which are also subject to it. • Symptoms.—The disease begins with a diarrhoea, soonbecoming bloody; there is great weakness, and the eyes aredull and watery. The feathers droop, the plumage is rough,and there is no desire for food. Treatment.—Mere medicines are of no great value inthis disease, but its ravages can be usually checked by com-bining them with good care and disinfection. The immedi-. Fowl Cholera. 429 ate treatment should be as laid down for diarrhoea; butearnest attention must be given to put the surroundings inhealthy condition. If the feeding places and runs are kept free from thegerms, there is no danger of the fowls ever becomingaffected. Of course this could be accomplished by a dailysprinkling with a disinfectant, but this would be entirely tooexpensive a method to be practical, even in large poultryestablishments. The most that we can expect is that whencholera is in a section, the poultry owners will watch theirfowls, and, in case of sickness, at once remove the aifectedbirds from the flock. The feeding grounds and houses shouldthen be sprinkled with the following Disinfectant Take Sulphuric acid, 8 ounces. Pure soft water, 8 gallons. Mix them. If this is done, the probability is that no more deathswill occur until the contagion is again introduced fromabroad. There are many cases,
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