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

The ravages of disease add considerably to the difficulties of raising poultry in all parts of the world. It is the experience of poultry rearers that an annual toll has to be paid in the lives of young birds and older stock. Sooner or later, in addition, an epidemic may break...

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I

2. CHAPTER II

3. CHAPTER V

4. CHAPTER I

The ravages of disease add considerably to the difficulties of raising poultry in all parts of the world. It is the experience of poultry rearers that an annual toll has to be p...

5. CHAPTER II

───────────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────────── DISEASE │ EXTERNAL SYMPTOMS │ TREATMENT ───────────────────────┼────────────────────┼────────────────────...

6. CHAPTER III

All classes of domestic poultry are to a great extent subject to the same diseases that affect the common fowl. The symptoms of such diseases are for the most part similar to th...

7. CHAPTER IV

Abscesses. Abnormal eggs (see Oviduct diseases). Air under skin (see Emphysema). Air sac mite (see Mites, air sac). Anæmia. Apoplexy. Aspergillosis. Atrophy of liver (see Liver...

8. CHAPTER V

A post-mortem examination should always be undertaken if there is any doubt as to the cause of death. Poultry rearers who are not already familiar with the normal appearance of...

9. Part II—Compiled by G. B. FISKE. Other methods practiced by the most

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