Poultry diseases / Causes, symptoms and treatment, with notes on post-mortem examinations
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- POULTRY DISEASES
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I General Methods of Controlling Disease
- CHAPTER II SUMMARY OF EXTERNAL SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT
- CHAPTER III Diseases of Poultry Other Than Fowls
- CHAPTER IV Diseases and Pests of Fowls
- ABSCESSES Not a common poultry complaint
- ANÆMIA, OR GOING LIGHT A condition that should incite the poultryman to investigate the cause
- APOPLEXY Not a common trouble
- ASPERGILLOSIS A disease that exists more commonly than is usually suspected, and is the cause of the death of large numbers of young chickens
- BLACKHEAD OF TURKEYS A very serious disease, making the successful rearing of turkeys difficult and in some cases impossible.
- BREAKDOWN Not often seen in the poultry yard
- BRONCHITIS (CROUP) Not very common
- BROODER PNEUMONIA A very serious disease, causing the death of many chickens
- BUMBLEFOOT Not serious if treated early
- CATARRH OF THE CROP Not a common trouble
- CHICKEN POX OR SORE HEAD An infectious disease that causes considerable loss among chickens and young birds in warm climates
- CHOLERA A serious and epidemic form of diarrhea for which no remedy is known
- CLOACITIS OR VENT-GLEET Not a common disease
- COCCIDIOSIS OF ADULT FOWLS The germ of this disease does not usually affect adult fowls seriously, but causes severe losses among chickens and turkeys
- COLD (SIMPLE CATARRH) Dangerous, because it may be confused with the early stages of roup
- CONSTIPATION Not common and seldom serious
- CRAMP Must not be confused with more serious complaints
- CROP-BOUND (IMPACTION OF CROP) Not serious, as a rule
- DIARRHEA OR ENTERITIS May take a serious and epidemic form
- Mild Diarrhea.
- Diarrhea, Severe and Epidemic
- DIPHTHERIA OR DIPHTHERITIC ROUP A dangerous disease, and infected birds should be killed at once
- DROPSY Not a common disease
- DYSENTERY Serious if in epidemic form
- EGG-BOUND An uncommon complaint
- EGG-EATING A bad habit that may be controlled
- EMPHYSEMA (AIR UNDER SKIN) Not a common disease of chickens
- EPILEPSY An unusual complaint
- FATTY DEGENERATION Not contagious, but pointing to error in diet
- FAVUS (WHITE COMB) Disfiguring, but easily controlled if treated early
- FEATHER-EATING Not a very common habit
- FLEAS An occasional parasite of poultry
- FRACTURES
- FROST BITE A strain on the bird’s system
- GAPES Serious in badly infested yards
- GASTRITIS (CATARRH OF THE STOMACH) Not a common complaint
- GOUT Not a common ailment
- HEART DISEASES Not common, and cannot be treated
- INDIGESTION Disorder of the intestinal tract, that is not very serious
- JAUNDICE Not a common disease
- KIDNEY DISEASES With the exception of gout, kidney diseases cannot be detected by external symptoms
- LEG WEAKNESS Constitutional weakness, to which the heavier breeds are more subject than are the lighter ones
- LICE Invariably present in small numbers, and likely to become a serious pest, if not persistently controlled
- LIMBER-NECK An occasional complaint
- LIVER DISEASES
- MAGGOTS Occasionally found in flesh wounds of poultry
- MITES (AIR-SAC) Not a common parasite
- MITES, DEPLUMING (SCABIES)
- MITES (RED MITE) A serious pest
- MOLTING
- OVARY DISEASES
- OVIDUCT, DISEASES OF
- PERITONITIS Not common and not contagious
- PIP Generally the effect of some other disorder
- PNEUMONIA AND CONGESTION OF LUNGS Generally fatal
- POISONING
- PYÆMIA Not contagious, and not common
- RHEUMATISM Not a common trouble
- ROUP (CONTAGIOUS CATARRH) One of the most serious contagious diseases
- SCALY LEG An unsightly affection that, although contagious, does not spread rapidly
- SOFT CROP Not a serious complaint
- TICKS A pest found in the Southern States and tropical countries
- TUBERCULOSIS A very serious poultry disease
- WHITE DIARRHEA OF CHICKENS A very serious disease, causing the death of large numbers
- WORMS Intestinal parasites that occasionally become serious
- CHAPTER V Post-mortem Examinations
- 1. Making the Examination
- 2. The Normal Condition of the Internal Organs
- 3. Diagnosis of Disease by Post-Mortem Symptoms
- BRAIN
- HEART
- LIVER
- STOMACH
- INTESTINES
- CÆCA
- WINDPIPE
- LUNGS
- MESENTERY
- SPLEEN
- URETERS
- INDEX
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