. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 96 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S Symptoms. This disease is most common among young- Gapes, fowls, and is caused by the windpipe being infested with small reddish worms, causing the chick to gape for breath, and death ensues from suffocation. The scientific name of the worm is Syng- amus trachealis. The disease is not alone common with chickens, but attacks turkeys, ducks and all domestic fowls, besides many birds in their wild state. The worm is about three-quarters of an inch long, of a pale reddish color. It is always found double ; a smaller worm bei
. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 96 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S Symptoms. This disease is most common among young- Gapes, fowls, and is caused by the windpipe being infested with small reddish worms, causing the chick to gape for breath, and death ensues from suffocation. The scientific name of the worm is Syng- amus trachealis. The disease is not alone common with chickens, but attacks turkeys, ducks and all domestic fowls, besides many birds in their wild state. The worm is about three-quarters of an inch long, of a pale reddish color. It is always found double ; a smaller worm being forked on about one- fou th from the upper end, like the letter Y, which latter is the male. This parasite permantly attached to the female. Propogation is by means of eggs which are about one-two-hundred-and - fittieth part of an inch in diameter. The number found in one chicken varies from one to three dozens, when the bird strangles to death. Teatment. While no resem-. APPARATUS OF RESPIRATION. This figure represents the apparatus of respiration of birds :—A. The solid lungs, wuioh are not movable. B, C. The bones of the body, the breast bone, C, extending the whole length of the body, i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The air cells , occupying the thorax and abdomen, which here form Dlance IS tOUnu Detween trie one cavity or series of cavities. These are dilated when f^crrr r\i th<=» n-anp ixrnt-m or\A the chest rises to the upper dotted lines. eSS or lne gaPe worra ana that of the louse, it has been found that the treatment of rubbing the bird's head with sulphur and lard for lice, has prevented, if not cured the affected birds. Cleanliness is to be always paramount in the poultryman's yards. The following ointment has been found very good : Mercurial ointment, one ounce ; pure lard, one ounce ; flour of sulphur, one-half ounce ; crude petroleum, one-half ounce. These should be mixed well and applied to the head of the chick. A common method of treating a bird affected with the g
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