. Diseases and enemies of poultry . xisted for a long time, the gland may fillwith a thick, cheesy-like material that cannot bestpieezed out. It then becomes necessary to make asomewhat larger opening and scoop the substance outwith the handle of a small spoon or some similar object. Then the cavity should be washed out by in-jecting into it a veiy weak solution of carbolic acidd part of carbolic acid to 200 of water), or a solutionof boracic acid (15 grs. to the ounce). To prevent theparts from becoming hard while healing an ap])lication of oil or cosmoline should be made. 3-1 CHAPTER 11. DIS
. Diseases and enemies of poultry . xisted for a long time, the gland may fillwith a thick, cheesy-like material that cannot bestpieezed out. It then becomes necessary to make asomewhat larger opening and scoop the substance outwith the handle of a small spoon or some similar object. Then the cavity should be washed out by in-jecting into it a veiy weak solution of carbolic acidd part of carbolic acid to 200 of water), or a solutionof boracic acid (15 grs. to the ounce). To prevent theparts from becoming hard while healing an ap])lication of oil or cosmoline should be made. 3-1 CHAPTER 11. DISEASES OF THE BREATHINGORGANS. A.—Those caused by GAPES. Gapes undoubtedly destroy more young chickensthan any other disease. Tt is a disease caused by asmall worm that occu])ies the upper air passages. Thiswomi \\as first discovered near Baltimore by Wiesen-thal in 1791). Sicce then it has been described by nu-merous zoologists and is at present found in all partsof this couuti-y and Europe. All of the domestic fowls. Gape Worm.— size and five times natural size. are attacked by it and some of the semi wild Europe it causes great loss among the pheasants. 41 The worm is kiio\\u as Syngamous irachealis, is of areddiish color and the feiiiak^ is about Gine-lialf to three-fourths of an inch long, while the male is about one-fifth of an incli long. The male is constantly attachedto the female, the fuuuel-shapped lower end surround-ing a pore on the side of tlie female a little less thanone-tliird of the distance from its head. On accountof this ])eculiar iiiiion a gape-woim is sometimes de-scribed as a branch-worm and on account of its colorit is in some places known as the red-worm. Thehead is broad and flat and arianged for sucking. Thisdisc-lilve liead is placed against the lining membrane of Ihe wind-pipe at any point between the mcUth and the bivnchial tubes. Souietimes there are as many as 30 or 40 worms in a single fowl, bu
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