. Diseases and enemies of poultry . et is considered onpage 83, in eoiiUection with the diseases of the legs•ind feet. Foituratel3% mange of poultry is not com-uron in this country, but as we are constantly import-ing fow^ls ocf all descriptions from all parts of the\vorld, and corstantly interchanging them, the diseasemay be introduced into any locality at any time, andit is therefore important that it should be understocxlso that its ravages may be checked before extensive injury has been occasioned. MANGE OF THE iiODY. The first vaiicty of body is caused by an ex-ceedingly small para
. Diseases and enemies of poultry . et is considered onpage 83, in eoiiUection with the diseases of the legs•ind feet. Foituratel3% mange of poultry is not com-uron in this country, but as we are constantly import-ing fow^ls ocf all descriptions from all parts of the\vorld, and corstantly interchanging them, the diseasemay be introduced into any locality at any time, andit is therefore important that it should be understocxlso that its ravages may be checked before extensive injury has been occasioned. MANGE OF THE iiODY. The first vaiicty of body is caused by an ex-ceedingly small parasite Icnowii as Epidermopter bilo-batus. Tlie first indication (tf this ilisot about the ueelc Ol- ou the featheiS become dry and brittle and either breakoff or fall out. Then tlie skin becomes covered scales which giadually increase in thicknessas the disease advances until they sonietimes reach athickness of an eiahtli of an inch. AVlien old, these. The Parasite of One Form of Body—Mange of hiJofiatiix, Female-150 times actual size. scales are grayish and have the appearance of thickscabs. If they are pulled off it is found that the skinbeneath is red and bleeds easily. As a rule theseareas do not ilch, but sometimes they do, and then thebird scratclies them vijxorously. After becominp: es-tablished about llie head and neck the disease mayspread io the body and sometimes covers a very largesurface. The symplonis of this affection resemblethose of fiivus so close]v that it has been thought bv :5i)
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