. Poultry diseases, causes, symptoms and treatment, with notes on post-mortem examinations. Poultry. DISEASES AND PESTS OF FOWLS ASPERGILLOSIS A disease that exists more commonly than is usually suspected, and is the cause of the death of large numbers of young chickens Symptoms. Fowls gradually lose weight, mope, and die without any pronounced ail- ment except difficulty in breathing. In adults the disease may be mistaken for tuberculosis and in chickens for white diarrhea. Aspergillosis of chickens is dealt with under brooder pneumonia. Post-mor- tem symptoms are whitish or yellowish growths
. Poultry diseases, causes, symptoms and treatment, with notes on post-mortem examinations. Poultry. DISEASES AND PESTS OF FOWLS ASPERGILLOSIS A disease that exists more commonly than is usually suspected, and is the cause of the death of large numbers of young chickens Symptoms. Fowls gradually lose weight, mope, and die without any pronounced ail- ment except difficulty in breathing. In adults the disease may be mistaken for tuberculosis and in chickens for white diarrhea. Aspergillosis of chickens is dealt with under brooder pneumonia. Post-mor- tem symptoms are whitish or yellowish growths on the windpipe, that can only be definitely diagnosed under the microscope. Cause. A fungoid growth in the windpipe and bron- chial tubes, sometimes ex- tending to the lungs and liver. Fig. 8 shows the spores and filaments of the species of aspergillosis most commonly responsible. —Head Showing Brain Exposed 29. 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 Wortley, E. J. (E. Jocelyn). New York, Orange Judd Company; [etc. , etc. ]
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