The diseases of poultry (1899) The diseases of poultry diseasesofpoultr00salmrich Year: 1899 DISKASKS OF POULTKV. 175 inj;- loose boards and thus uncovering the parasites that the extent of the plague can be appreciated. It should be remembered at all times that the external animal parasites are the most common and frequent cause of trou- ,?#'Sx hie in the poultry-5ard and Wii)_ pigeon-cote. If the birds are not thriving and conducting lititiiJiaa, themselves satisfactorily, look fetaia:f for these pests, take measures I ' ! to repress them, and in most fi$ti3|M,i cases the results will be


The diseases of poultry (1899) The diseases of poultry diseasesofpoultr00salmrich Year: 1899 DISKASKS OF POULTKV. 175 inj;- loose boards and thus uncovering the parasites that the extent of the plague can be appreciated. It should be remembered at all times that the external animal parasites are the most common and frequent cause of trou- ,?#'Sx hie in the poultry-5ard and Wii)_ pigeon-cote. If the birds are not thriving and conducting lititiiJiaa, themselves satisfactorily, look fetaia:f for these pests, take measures I ' ! to repress them, and in most fi$ti3|M,i cases the results will be sur- / WjI prising and gratifying. When anything is the matter with a Tig. :.-Me„opo„ ,n. orsc the maxim is examine Iiis (Fowls.) , and when anything is found wrong with poultry or other domesticated birds, the maxim should be Uyok for lice. Causation.— The louse __ plague is the result of con- tagion. The parasites are introduced upon birds, and '3''!*x' they multiply and increase to a remarkable extent when the conditions are favorable. ?rf*JT??r? It has been estimated that ' -;.f,i>l;«,Wa\ the second generation from a i t'w'i'V single louse may number twenty-five hundred indi- i' r 'i viduals, and the third gen- v\;).~Mttwponlatum. . t it- (Pig-eons.) eration may reach the enor- mous number of one hundred and twenty-five thou- sand; and all of tliese may be produced in the course


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