The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-09

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How To Treat Diseases in the Hennery.
sit is not difficult to treat single bird
whn it shows symptoms of sickness but, as
Often happens, the cause which produces
Sickness in one bird produces it in nearly
all ,r the whole of the hock," says the
Poukyu World. There are, of course, spo-
radio cases of disease, and there are also
birdswhich seem to be insusceptible to the
ATTACKS of disease but, speaking generally,
the cause which is potent to produce sick
ness in a single fowl is equally potent to
affect the whole flock. If the whole flock
is ailhg the treatment is very serious
matte and makes great demands upon the
time and the strength of the keeper, pro-
vided zach bird must be treated individu-
ally.
Fortunately in most cases this is unneces-
sary. So long as the flock will eat and drink
it car be treated collectively. For most
ulSedSS UllSI0 are tuISo IIleU1OUS OI treat
ment available and most diseases will yield
to oneor all of these methods These meth
DDS are the administering of the medicine
in the food, the addition of it to the drink
and thu employment of fumigation. Take
the case of the most common disease in cold
weathr-roup. The water which is used
in mixing the warm food may be impreg-
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cayenne pepper, with iron or with any other
substance which has proved useful in this
disease. This water. then, is used in mixing
the food ana the medicinal properties are
evenly distributed through the mass, each
fowl receiving medication as it eats its food.
Into thu drinking water may be dropped
tincture of aconite, iron, sulphate of iron,
chlorate of potash, bromide of potassium,
and even disnfectants like chlorinated soda
and carbolic acid in proper proportions, SO
that as the fowl drinks it receives the proper
amount of medicine. Again the house may
be fumigated at night with burning sui
phur, with cresolene, with tar and with
other substances which are known to be
useful in such cases. and the whole flock is
thus treated at once.
1t sometimes happens, however, that a
single fowl is attacked and the disease can
be kept from spreading by a prompt re-
moval of this one from the flock and this
one then must be treated individually. Or
it may happen that one will be attacked so
severely that appetite will be gone and that
it will even refuse to drink. In which case.
if the bird is sufficiently valuable, indi-
vidual treatment must be given.
When it is possible it is advisable to treat
the flock collectively, for time is money, and
collective treatment is effective if properly
DONE Yet the best collective treatment is
that which prevents rather than cures dis
ease. By the liberal use of disinfectants,
strict cleanliness, proper feed and drink,
freedom from draughts, warmth and the
like, roup can generally be avoided; and
what is true of roup is also true of most
diseases To this must be added a strict
watchfulness for the first appearance of
any unfavorable symptoms and the prompt
administering of the remedies indicated by
the symptoms if good health is to be in
sured Prevent rather than cure disease.
but if cure becomes necessary do it in the
easiest, simplest and most efficacious man.
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