Poultry Diseases

About this eBook

Author

Wortley, E. J. (E. Jocelyn), 1884-1942

Title

Poultry diseases Causes, symptoms and treatment, with notes on post-mortem examinations

Original Publication

United States: Orange Judd company,1915.

Credits

Bryan Ness, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Poultry -- Diseases

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67465

Release Date

February 21, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes
2. 2.POULTRY DISEASES
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER I General Methods of Controlling Disease
7. 7.CHAPTER II SUMMARY OF EXTERNAL SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT
8. 8.CHAPTER III Diseases of Poultry Other Than Fowls
9. 9.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
10. 10.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
11. 11.INDEX
12. 12.STANDARD BOOKS PUBLISHED BY ORANGE JUDD COMPANY

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