. Poultry diseases and their treatment. Poultry. 6o l'(}ri/lin- DISI'ASl'S AND 'I'UKIK TUKATMENT. advancinii' emaciation ; ane- mia, shown Ijy jmllor of comlj wattles and the skin about the liead: general weakness ; lanieness, ruffling' of the feathers and in many cases diarrhea. When com- bined with the foregoing you notice a bright eye and a ravenous appetite }ou ma\' have very strong sus- ]); Emaciation is one of the best symptoms and in the last stages of the disease be- comes very i;:arked. Per- not cites the case of a Ply- mouth Rock hen weighing 4 pounds that was reduced to
. Poultry diseases and their treatment. Poultry. 6o l'(}ri/lin- DISI'ASl'S AND 'I'UKIK TUKATMENT. advancinii' emaciation ; ane- mia, shown Ijy jmllor of comlj wattles and the skin about the liead: general weakness ; lanieness, ruffling' of the feathers and in many cases diarrhea. When com- bined with the foregoing you notice a bright eye and a ravenous appetite }ou ma\' have very strong sus- ]); Emaciation is one of the best symptoms and in the last stages of the disease be- comes very i;:arked. Per- not cites the case of a Ply- mouth Rock hen weighing 4 pounds that was reduced to 22 ounces. ihe emaciation is very marked in the mus- cles covering tlie breast bone. Fig. 2 sliows the breast bone of a tuberculous hen from which the skin onl}- has been removed. Lameness is a n o t h e r s)'mptom often shijwn in the later stages of the disease. This is caused ^jv tuberculo- sis of the joinrs as has been proven in many cases. Such cases are often called "rheu- matism" In' poultrymen. Tulierculosis ma^• also form tuniors or ulcers or various outgro',\ths on tlie head and limbs of birds. Such forms of the disease are com]jarativel)' rare in poultry, however. Parrots are ])articularly afl'ected with these external tubercles. of these s\ni])tonis, liowcver, is more than an indication. Fig. 2. Breast hone of a fowl showing excessive eniaeiatiim in tuherculosis. (.\fkr Ward).. 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 Pearl, Raymond; Surface, Frank Macy, 1882-; Curtis, Maynie Rose, 1880-; Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Orono, Me.
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