St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
Cholera and Its Treatment.

Cholera is the special scourge of those
who keep large numbers of fowls, and has
frequently depopulated many farmyards.
The causes of this dread disease are vari-
Gus, the chief being over-crowding, the
keeping of too many fowls in one place,
bad sanitary management, and unwhole-
some and irregular feeding. One, or all
of these causes induce the development
of bacteria, which enter the system and
produce blooding poisoning. The chief
point of attack seems to be the liver,
which becomes enlarged and softened the
gall bladder also becomes clogged up, and
the whole digestive process is impeded
The crop being filled with decaying food,
the smaller intestines are congested, the
ureters becomes distended and filled with
yellow urates, and the kidneys become
seriously affected by the general physical
disturbance. e~os
The disease is very contagious, and any
| fowl manifesting symptoms of cholera
| should be Immediately removed from the
rest. The first symptom is usually the
emission of yellow coloring in that por-
ton of the excrement which is contributed
by the kidneys, and which in its normal
condition is white This coloring appears
while the bird is still in state of health,
| anu apparently lI1C POI IOI 1IhoSo VI AL
| it's normal bodily functions. In some
cases, however, the first symptom of the
disease is diarrhea, consisting almost en-
tirely of white uIates. This symptom
rapidly increases in violence, excavations
! of thin mucous matter. deeply colored
with yellow, occurring very frequently
| in the latter stages of the disease changing
to greenish or deep green color. AS the
disease progresses, the temperature OF the
bird rises rapidly the comb becomes pale
and bloodless, the appetite fails, the fowl
walks with difficulty, manifesting great
weakness, and it soon dies, oftentimes IN
commissions and giving out plaintive cries.
The duration of the disease depends upon
the violence of the symptoms, lasting
usually from one day to five, or even tor
turing the subject for week or two.
Treatment must be immediate and ener-
getic. If the fowls are not specially valu-
able, remove them at once kill them by
wringing their necks, and burn or bury
them At the same time, as a general
| prophylactic, administer that invaluable
medicinal agent, kerosene or coal Oil, TO
the healthy birds. This may be done by
allowing corn or wheat to soak Tor a re"
hours in the oil and then feeding it to the
fowls, or by mixing it in their soft feed IN
the proportion of one tablespoonful to two
quarts of the meal. While doing this, let
the premises and watering and feeding
troughs be thoroughly cleaned and dlsln-
fected by sprinkling thoroughly around a
one half per cent solution OF sulphurlc
acid, or one per cent solution of carbolic
acid. All excrement should be gathered
up and burned, and general whitewash-
ing take place.
Different remedies have been suggested
for the cure of cholera but prevention IS
most emphatically better than cure in this
case A prominent Ithaca physician re-
commends the following treatment IN the
earlier stages of the disease: 81 find 1t
best to force down the fowls throat Euc6-
luptus ol0buIus ten drops of the strong
tlpcture common salt, four to SIX grams
and half teaspoonful Of ground cayenne
(red) pepper. One dose in tablespoonful
of water. to be given at once. If the dose
takes effect, digestion is resumed, ana IN
"a hours the fowl is relieved, or decidedly
better
The Poultry Keeper remedy is also
dou btless good one, and is as follows:
"Add spoonful of strong liquid car
bolic acid to one and half pints OF water
Mix all their soft food with this water,
and let the birds eat what they will OF IT,
If they do not eat, give tneIn teaspoon
fail of the water twice day; the same
with turkeys. If they do not improve,
take one gill crude petroleum, one glli
kerosene oil, one tablespoonful OF pulVer.
J lied boracic acid, aud one teaspoontu! Oh
carbol1c acid. Shake well before using
and with sewing machine can force leu
! or twelve drops down the throat OF 19e
sick bird twice day. Keep the plIas
warm and dry, and give no drinking water
with this treatment Ii they wiz oa'
give the soft food (corn meal IS oes'b
mixed with the carbolic acid water.
Another good remedy that has oeeh
) recommended is hyposulphite OF SOFA, +
. parts i; boracic acid, parts manoraA9
t root, part red pepper, l part !; rosi G;ra
mart: pulyerized rhubarb, l part. Wv
each fowl a teaspoonful, and repeat every
hour until relieved. 1t is strong pufsaf
> tive and after cleaning out the germs VI
disease give each bird few drops OF tlno-
tnre of iron in spoonful of warm wa.el
A mixture of white oak parA' on rnn
/ bark and peach leaves made 1nto d s:a.ar
by boiling and put in the drinking VIZ. od
twice a week is also vouched for as GOV
remedy, also the extract OF logWoou L'i LAD
, with their food. In fact, white ana ied
oak bark and logwood are un!versand " x
acknowledged useful reniooi0'
| Westbrook.
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