Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PREFACE. This report on the Diseases and Enemies of l'oultr is written in answer to an extensive demand for information on the subject of which it treats. While a large number of articles on diseases of poultry may be found in poultry journals, live stock papers and poultry books, there has been no recent attempt in this country to produce a comprehensive, popular but accurate description of the diseases of fowls, together with the means to be employed to cure and prevent them. In preparing the first part of this Bulletin, the Veterinarian has made free use of all of the works on diseases of poultry that he has been able to secure, and has drawn upon the English, French and German literature. Special acknowledgment must be given to the agricultural and poultry periodicals, to the following authors: Ziirn. Friedberger and Frohner, Neumann, Rail- liet, Nooard and Lecluinche. and the publications of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture by Drs. Salmon. Smith. Moore and Stiles. There is a great deal to learn in reference to these subjects, and a promising field for investigation and research is offered. It is hoped that some of the numerous imperfectly nisdersiood diseases of poultry may be carefully studied, and :i future more complete report upon this subject issued under the auspices of the State Department of Agriculture. tllpk' e . ln the 15.7,000 f , 'Ue f "" f")0' 122.000TREATMENT OF SICK FOWLS. A number of difficulties are met with in treating fowls that do not confront the veterinarian or live stock owner in treating mcsst of the other domestic animals. Fowls are not accustomed to being handled. They are of a semi-wild disposition, so that when it becomes necessary during illness to examine and administer medicine to them they are apt to resist. ...