. Poultry diseases and their remedies. sweet milk as nourishment, onlya few teaspoonfuls three or four times a day will besufficient. 90 POULTRY DISEASES Vent-Gleet. This disease is very and if not attendedto at once as it maRes its appearance in your flock youwill likely be bothered with it quite a lot. As soon as themale bird becomes affected the rest of the hens will haveit as it is propagated by copulation. It is an inflamationthat attacks the cloaca and you first notice it by a frequentattempt of the bird to pass excrement, but still nothing ispassed. The membranes of the vent
. Poultry diseases and their remedies. sweet milk as nourishment, onlya few teaspoonfuls three or four times a day will besufficient. 90 POULTRY DISEASES Vent-Gleet. This disease is very and if not attendedto at once as it maRes its appearance in your flock youwill likely be bothered with it quite a lot. As soon as themale bird becomes affected the rest of the hens will haveit as it is propagated by copulation. It is an inflamationthat attacks the cloaca and you first notice it by a frequentattempt of the bird to pass excrement, but still nothing ispassed. The membranes of the vent are swollen and theparts are red and inflamed. There will be a milky dis-charge which forms a crust on and near tne vent. This isvery offensive. When you discover a hen with vent-gleetyou should isolate her at once so as to prevent any newcases from appearing. Treatment. Bathe the inflamed parts in warm water as hot as canbe borne to your wrist, and allow the bird to sit over asteaming kettle, either will be satisfactory. Add two tea-. Olg«»tive and Ucproducttvc Onr«nt After the food beenmoistened it forced down-vard by the contraction ofthe mu., the rectum is (F) andthe cloaca (G) is the lastportion of the bowel. Thisillustration furnished bycourtesv of Dr. Hess andClark, Ashland, Ohio. AND THEIR REMEDIES 91 spoonfuls of creolin to a gallon of the warer. If there areany c
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