| Disease | External Symptoms | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Diseases affecting head and respiratory organs: | ||
| Air under skin (see Emphysema). | ||
| Apoplexy | Staggering gait and appearances of a sudden fit | Keep fowl quiet; put in a dark place; give Epsom salts. |
| Aspergillosis | Loss of weight | Avoid musty grain and straw. |
| Brooder pneumonia | Affects chickens; whitish diarrhea; many deaths | No cure; prevent by strict sanitary methods. |
| Bronchitis (croup) | Rattling in throat | Paint throat with iodine. |
| Canker (see Roup). | ||
| Catarrh, contagious (see Roup). | ||
| Chicken pox | Scabby, wart-like growths on head and comb | Gently scrape off scab and paint withiodine. |
| Cold (catarrh) | Running at nose and eyes | Isolate and syringe nostrils with 2% carbolic acid. |
| Congestion of lungs (see Pneumonia). | ||
| Conjunctivitis—sore eyes (see Roup). | ||
| Diphtheria (diphtheritic roup) | Yellowish patches on throat following an attack of roup | Isolate; paint patches with hydrogen peroxide or iodine; best to kill fowl. |
| Emphysema | Skin puffed out | Puncture with needle. |
| Epilepsy | Bird has fit | If worms are believed to be the cause give santonin. |
| Favus | Scurfy patches on comb and upper portion of neck | Anoint with sulphur ointment or iodine. |
| Frost bite | Frozen wattles | Rub with vaseline. |
| Influenza—grippe (see Cold). | ||
| Roup | Nostrils caked with offensive smelling exudate | Isolate; syringe nostrils with 5% carbolic acid; best to kill fowl with bad attack. |
| Pip | Hardened scale on tip of tongue | Soften and remove. |
| Pneumonia | Great difficulty in breathing | Paint shoulders above lungs with iodine; generally incurable. |
| Sore head (See Chicken pox). | ||
| Vertigo (see Epilepsy). | ||
| White comb (see Favus). | ||
| 2. Diseases affecting organs of | ||
| digestion and reproduction: | ||
| Blackhead of turkeys | Drooping wings; dullness; many deaths | Strict sanitary measures; difficult to control. |
| Cancer (see Liver diseases and Ovary diseases). | ||
| Catarrh of crop | Distended crop with offensive liquid | Empty crop; diet sparingly. |
| Catarrh of stomach (see Gastritis). | ||
| Cholera | Yellow feces; bad diarrhea; sudden death of several birds | No cure known; kill fowl and burn body; take every precaution to prevent spread. |
| Cloacitis | Offensive discharges from cloaca | Syringe out cloaca. |
| Constipation | Unsuccessful efforts to evacuate | Give castor oil; supply green food and make bird scratch for grain. |
| Coccidiosis of adult fowls | Loss of weight, diarrhea | No remedies. |
| Coccidiosis of chickens (see White diarrhea). | ||
| Coccidiosis of turkeys (see Blackhead). | ||
| Crop-bound | Distended crop | Pour sweet oil down throat and knead crop, holding fowl’s head down; or slit crop and remove food. |
| Diarrhea | Frequent passing of liquid excreta; soiled vent | Isolate for fear of epidemics; in bad cases give 6 to 10 drops chlorodyne. |
| Dropsy | Distention of abdomen | Kill bird or puncture abdomen. |
| Dysentery | Bad form of diarrhea distinguished by blood in the excreta | Treat as for bad cases of diarrhea. |
| Egg-bound | Unsuccessful efforts to lay | Remove egg. |
| Enteritis (see Diarrhea). | ||
| Fatty degeneration | Sudden death; excessively fat | Change diet of others. |
| Fowl typhoid (see Cholera). | ||
| Gastritis | Dullness; loss of appetite | Empty stomach; give castor oil and easily digested food. |
| Impaction of crop (see Crop-bound). | ||
| Indigestion | Difficult to diagnose | Change diet. |
| Jaundice | Yellowish comb | One grain of calomel and green food. |
| Leukemia (see Cholera). | ||
| Liver diseases | Difficult to diagnose | Change diet. |
| Ovary diseases | Irregularity in egg production | No remedies. |
| Oviduct diseases | Prolapse of oviduct | Vaseline and replace. |
| Peritonitis | Fever; pain in abdomen | Aconite and opium. |
| Pyæmia | No external symptoms | No remedy. |
| Soft crop | Distended and soft crop | Empty crop; diet sparingly. |
| Tuberculosis | Wasting away; lameness | Kill affected birds; disinfect poultryhouses, etc. |
| White diarrhea of chickens | Dullness; many deaths; whitish diarrhea | Proper feeding; thorough disinfection; difficult to control. |
| 3. Diseases affecting legs and feet: | ||
| Bumblefoot | Swelling on pad of foot | Lance, if bad; paint with iodine; lower perches. |
| Cramp | Difficulty in standing straight | Hold legs in warm water; rub with embrocation; keep bird in dry place. |
| Fractures | Broken shank or wing | Splints. |
| Gout | Pain in joints of legs and difficulty in standing | Difficult to cure; rub joints with embrocation. |
| Leg weakness | Unsteady walk | Select breeders. |
| Rheumatism | Stiffness in joints; difficult to distinguish from cramp and gout | Rub legs with embrocation; keep bird in dry place. |
| 4. Parasites: | ||
| Fleas | On hen and in nest straw | Dust with insect powder; burn infested straw. |
| Gape worms | Gaping of chicks and effort to dislodge something in throat or windpipe | Extract by pushing feather moistened with turpentine down windpipe. |
| Lice | Unthrifty condition of birds; desertion of nests by setting hens | Dust fowl with insect powder; grease head and neck of chickens; spray woodwork. |
| Maggots | Running wound | Remove maggots; treat with creolin or carbolic acid. |
| Mites (air sac) | In bad cases, suffocation | Difficult to treat. |
| Mites (depluming) | Bare patches | Sulphur ointment. |
| Mites (red) | Examine roosts at night | Kerosene. |
| Scabies (see Mites, depluming). | ||
| Scaly leg | Uneven crusts on legs | Scrub with soap and water; kerosene oil or sulphur ointment. |
| Ticks | Birds suffering from fever; ticks found on the body, especially at night | Remove ticks from fowl; spray perches, etc., with 5% creolin. |
| Worms | Loss of weight; segments of worms in excreta | Give 3 to 5 grains santonin, followed by 2 teaspoonfuls castor oil. |
| 5. Miscellaneous: | ||
| Abscesses | Swelling with pus | Lance and dress with healing oil. |
| Anæmia | Loss of weight and unthrifty condition | Search for cause and treat. |
| Breakdown | Enlarged and pendulent abdomen | No satisfactory treatment. |
| Egg-eating | Remains of eggs | Trap nests. |
| Feather-eating | Injured plumage | Isolation of culprit. |
| Going light (see Anæmia). | ||
| Heart, diseases of | No external symptoms | No treatment possible. |
| Limber-neck | Muscles of neck unable to support head | Try purgative to correct cause. |
| Kidney diseases | No external symptoms except in gout | No treatment except for gout. |
| Molting | Unthrifty condition of bird | Feed up and give tonic. |
| Poisoning | Evidence of pain and depression | Give milk, white of egg and a stimulant. |