The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-02-11

ltN er complaint, egg DOuHu, tIoupieS
caused by bruises OF body or crop,
dropsy peritonitis, or any of the dis
eases which may be peculiar To few,
will not be discussed. The diseases
which are prevalent on these Islands,
and which tend to influence the pro-
duction of chickens to a considerable
extent, are colds. catarrh. distemper,
roup, sore head. pneumonia, light at
lacks of darrhoea, canker in the
mouth, cholera, and those enemies of
the chicken yard which promote
disea ses-lice, worms, mosquitoes, etc.
The latter may render the chicken sub
ject to incubation by breaking the
skin. as in the case of the mosquito
and louise, or they may lower the Vi
talty of the fowl, as in the case of
the intestinal worm, which appropri-
ates the food the chicken eats to- salts
fy its own appetite.
CHICKEN POX (SORE HEAD.
While no records are in existence as
to all the different diseases to which
chickens were subject in the early
4--.- -s...s have Lenn --~--a-A --'~'''''.-
mich is chicken pox, or sore head.
Diseased chickens were submitted to
le Bureau OF Animal InGSIasrv o. ;iie
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture and the disease was definitely
identified by Dr. ID. f. Salmon as
chicken poX. The disease is called
chicken pox or sore head, but since the
IT, NO Uawaiian Islands II is gener-
III. ,,s,d T., ,his bu,Ietin As far hack
a ',SEo opd rrnhahlv EARLIER the noul
t,.,. fanciers were endeayoring TO com
30, this dreodod maladv and IN the
present day this disease alone seems to
be one of the great obstacles to sue
cessful chicken growing in Hawaii.
nlaints u,nra moi with but their raw
ngns were NOT so great as from sore
Nod and for this rea son little is found
roI,tir,, to these suhiects At the
rresort dny sorn head holds first place
ar,on,, tbo ,,ieaa soc of the monthly ward
not nycenting those which have been
introduced nv lamentations of foreign
chickens and fine new diseases which
,,,aI, baya orioinated i'm this climate
md ND nbicb ySnnId attack the less resist
ont ir,nortad stock
Sorn hood is essentialIv q malady of
tho hot e,,n,n,er r,onthS and attacks
10 ,hic,sane Of tho age Of civ weeks
A. tho ,ira vben the disease attacks
Tho cbic,, Il is not nc heavily clothed
',.Itb faatbars os nrevinus,v or later
t,,st ~ this live no r,otber hon bepins
Io show her chicks less attention and
of,en fails 70 brood them properlv,
A. ,his time foo thev are subjected
20 tba neci,s of tho oider fowls and
hogin 70 o,,srrel among themselves All
to- oo,5i,io,a rard.r tho youpa blvd 6
s,hiect 70 diseases which thev might
othorwisa be nronf AGAINST Then FOO
lice and mosouitoes have full SWAY
with their victim.
gus which attacks the chicken in the
most unprot ected parts of the BODY
especially around the head and eyes
The first symntoms Of the trouble are
manifested NV the appearance of n YER,
small minnie or eruption of the Skin
about the oar mr. eve or perhans the
hill This grows so SLOWLY and incon.
veniences the chicken so little that ths
breeder rarely takes note of it. Later
another eruption makes it's appear.
ance, perhaps adjacent to this or per.
haps on the other side of the head
Meanwhile, the first has developed into
a large. scabby wart. which spreads
day by day, and yet the patient does
not appear to suffer greatly. The eye.
then become covered with the scab
and decline sets in. The bird is no,
able to find it's food or water: a slow
siege Of starvation follows, and a com,
bination of diseases attacks it, cold:
and roup being among the most i'm,
portant. Finally death comes to the
weak, starving patient. The eyes are
often forced out Of their sockets, anC
the sight Is certainly painful ant
disgusting one. Whole focks ar,
sometimes lost by the ravages of this
disease, and the fact that it is contag
ious renders it very difficult to handle
ppr,,,p,,r,,yzo ANN pE,,rDIrc
iAT' EN- Nv H0 AMI NE ii0'
Since the disease is caused by a fun.
gus. anything on which the spores car
live will be a source of infection. TIL,
disease germs may not necessarily bt
confined TO The body of the chicken, bu
probably exist also in the rubbish anC
car,oin iS,t tho axoran,ant 81 irfact q,
birds Vii ,,',,ncn,it tba disaosa A. nj,
60 80 ~ e,i1,,i, w. lii - =.
~; Wv WY MI IS '''ll :, SNns "
nuuuie o''oe' NC HtO'her' gnu me-. ms
therefore toile III llitileuldte coi'a.