. Pheasants; their natural history and practical management. Pheasants. Scurfy Legs. 157 with carbolic soft soap, as made for dogs ; and the coops, nesting-places, perches, all cleansed with limewash, scented with carbohc acid. Great care should be taken not to use as foster mothers any hens affected with the disease. If a Cochin or other hen in the slightest degree affected with scabies is employed, it is obvious that, as young birds are covered by her, the parasites can readily pass from her to the chicks, and the disease becomes disseminated. The late Mr. Home, of Hereford, a most practical
. Pheasants; their natural history and practical management. Pheasants. Scurfy Legs. 157 with carbolic soft soap, as made for dogs ; and the coops, nesting-places, perches, all cleansed with limewash, scented with carbohc acid. Great care should be taken not to use as foster mothers any hens affected with the disease. If a Cochin or other hen in the slightest degree affected with scabies is employed, it is obvious that, as young birds are covered by her, the parasites can readily pass from her to the chicks, and the disease becomes disseminated. The late Mr. Home, of Hereford, a most practical pheasant rearer, wrote as follows: " There is no doubt that birds hatched under Asiatic mothers (feather legged) are most prone to these insects. I have tried. ScuKPT Leg Parasite {Sarcoptes mutans). MagDiflcd 100 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 Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816-1912; Parker, Eric, 1870-; Smith, H. Hammond. London, Field Press
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