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Chicken Pox or Sore Bead BeadWhile HeaeLW1hIle HeadWhile
While tills tl s disease is not very com common commonin common ¬
mon monin in Florida it does occur at in inter intenIls intervals ¬
ter tenIls vaIs in some som parts of the State StateWhen StateWhen StateWhen
When it is found it is probably the themost themost them
most m < mt serious disease that attacks Flor Florida F1orida Florida ¬
ida poultry poultryIn
In view of these facts it is important importantto
to know all that is known about the thedisease thedisease thedisease
disease We e devote a large amount of ofspace ofspace ofspace
space to an article on the subject from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the American Fancier You will no notice notice notice ¬
tice that the only treatement given givenconsists givenconsists givenconsists
consists in the use of something called calledTeyes calledTe calledJey
Jey Teyes Te es fluid What that is or where whereit
it can be obtained we have no means meansof mcanof meansof
of knowing We Ve think that the ar article nrticle article ¬
ticle must have been of foreign origin originthough originthough originthough
though no credit is given In our ourown ourownexpeTienc ourown
own ownexpeTienc experience we have found that if ifthe ifthe ifthe
the scabs are taken off and the whole wholesurface wholesurface wholesurface
surface covered with common axle axlegrease axlegrease axlegrmse
grease it is a sure cure if the case is isnot isnot isnot
not too far gone when applied appliedIn
In tropical countries we meet with withdiseases withdLLISeS withdiseases
diseases amongst fowls which are eith either either either ¬
er very rare or unknown in Europe Europechicken Europechicken i ichicken
chicken pox is a notable one of these theseVnin theseYain theseVain
Vain is S the search for information on onthis onthis I Ithis
this topic In the poultry books of ofGreat orGreat ofGreat
Great Britain for it is practically un unknown unknown unknown ¬
known there and it is necessary to toturn toturn toturn
turn to hooks that deal with poultry poultrykeeping poultrykeeping poultrykeeping
keeping in the tropics to find any men mention mention mention ¬
tion of it itThe itlhe ItThe
The object of this article is to call callattention C3I1attention callattention
attention to some interesting facts andfancies andfancies and andfancies
fancies regarding r nlllng the disease and Ild to tourge tourge tourge
urge members of the club to closely closel ob observe obere ohserve ¬
serve ere and study the same sameThe sameThe sameThe
The disease in Ceylon is well known knownby knownby Iown Iownby
by the Singhalese Sill halese under the name of ofWusuriii ofusuria ofWusuria
Wusuriii usuria or Kookul Koo Ii ookul 1 Wasungthey Wasungtheyand
and by the Tamils as Visoorie This Thisis
is the same name as is given to small smallpox smallpox smallpox
pox in man though of course there thereis
is no connection whatever between the thetwo tlletwo thetwo
two diseases diseasesThe disea8eT diseasesThe
The T le disease is quite a localized one onein onein onein I
in the sense that it is not a Txmstitu Txmstitutional constitutional eOIlstitutional
tional disease It commences and is isusually isusually isusually
usually confined to the face comb combmouth combmouth combmouth
mouth It is sometimes found in the thebare thebare thehare
bare patch of the chest under the wing wingbut wingbut wingbut
but this occurs only in advanced and andneglected amInC antinegleetes
neglected nC lected oases and is due to the af affected aCfeeted affected ¬
fected bird rubbing its head there to toalleviate toalleviate o oullCiate
alleviate the irritation It is said also alsoto alsoto alsoto
to occur on the feet this being due dueto dneto dueto
to the foot being used sed to scratch the thepox thepox thepox
pox on the head The disease is well wellknown wellknown veIlknown
known in India lit is also well known knownin
in Caledonia Guinea Jamaica and the theWest theest theWest
West est Indies generally generallyIt genernllIt
It is a very Qr remarkable fact that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the reputed causation C of this disease diseaseis
is exactly the same in the West est Indies Indiesas Indiea
as a it is i in Ceylon Ce lolI Here the natives nativeshold natinhollll1l1t nativeshold
hold hollll1l1t that it is i some way Wl connected connectedwith eonnl1tedwith connectedwith
with the th Cashew nut Hint the disease diseasecomes diseaseconies > e eOllie
comes Ollie with the Cashew season sea JII Th Thfowls TI TIfowls lhfowl
fowls are supposed SUI lloed to get et it by h either eithereating tithelroUn eithereating
eating roUn the thin shell or dry 11r mem membrane memhrane membrane ¬
brane surrounding the nut which whiehetybod ev everybody everybody ¬
erybody knows by h experience I XlItIenee tastes tastesvery tmtlsery tastesvery
very ery bitter and acrid This Ihl > view is isidentical isItleutlcnl isIdentical
identical with that held by h the na natives IIntlves tintives ¬
tives In Jamaica New Caledonia etc etcThe eteTht etcThe
The > coincidence coiuc lhnle is i remarkable though thoughit thou h hit
it lacks scientific basis itsisisWhile hmdshile basisWhile
While hile on the subject of native
opinion it is interesting to note that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the cure for the disease is also iden identical identieal identical ¬
tical on both sides of the globe The Thenegroes Thenegroes Thenegroes
negroes in the Vest Indies believe believethat believethat believethat
that the one cure is the freely appli application application application ¬
cation of the juice of the lemon Here Herein IImein Herein
in Ceylon both amongst Singhalese Singhaleseand
and Tamils the great remedy is the thefree th thtree thefree
free application of the juice of the thelime thelime thelime
lime Doubtless many have seen the theappu theappn theappu
appu or cook squeezing out the lime limejuice limejuice limejuice
juice into the head and into the eyes eyesnose eyesnose eyesnose
nose and mouth of the wretched fowl fowlThe CowiThe fowlThe
The eflicacy e icacy of the treatment is as asuseless asuseless ISuseless
useless as their theory of causation causationis i iis
is incorrect incorrectThe incorrect111e incorrectThe
The disease as has been stated is isa isa isa
a a very localized one being practically practicallyconfined practicallyconfined practicallyconfined
confined to the head It is very cry con contagious contagious contagious ¬
tagious and breaks out in regular epi epidemics epidemics epidemics ¬
demics The disease varies greatly in invirulence invinllence invirulence
virulence some epidemics ore very verymild verymild verymild
mild Whilst others devastate the thewhole thewhole thewhole
whole poultry yard yardi yard11ile yardWhile
i While 11ile life disease is all one there thereare thereare thereare
are two different varieties or types of ofit ofit ofit
it which for all practical purposes may maybe 1lIl 1lIlbe maybe
be termed the dry and the moist or orbetter orbetter orbetter
better still the Warty art and Vesicular VesicularThe Vesicular1he VesicularThe
The difference only depends upon the thesurface thesurCaLC thesurface
surface upon which bieh the pox develops developsi developsI I
i e whether on the epidermis epi ermis iskiu iskiuor kin kinor
or on the mucous membrane membranellf
llf the pox lox grows on the mucous mucousmembrane mucousmemblanc mucousuhenhbraile
membrane of eyelids eyeli s or nostrils or ormouth ormouth ormouth
mouth it will be the hoist 1 or Vesicu Vesicular VesicuJ1r Vesicular ¬
lar variety variet If it develops deeIol > on the skin skinof skillof skinof
of the face or on the comb wattles wattlesor tattlesor
or earlobe it will < be the Dry or Warty Wartyvariety Martyvariety VGItyvariety
variety varietyThe varietyThe varietyThe
The Warty Wart variety is relatively of oflittle oflittle oflittle
little consequence In some instances instancesit
it may be left to run its coursethe course coursethe coursethe
the danger of doing that is that it may mayspread mayspread mayspread
spread to the mucous membrane and andthen anllthen findthen
then become the dangerous Vesicular Vesicularvariety VesicularIt Vesicularvariety
variety It et There is i little danger in the thewarts thearts thewarts
warts arts themselves themsel vC they tIre grow grO for a pe period periOd period ¬
riod and eventually after a fortnight or orso Orso orso
so drop off and the bird is cured The TheVesicular Theesicular TheVesicular
Vesicular variety vuiet on the other hand is
a 1 most oJlro t serious disease and will rapidly rapidlytteclniiite rapiillytcimate rapidlydecimate
tteclniiite a l yard yardThe yardThe yardThe
The reason is obvious for this the theliox theilOX thepox
pox on the moist mucous membrane membranegrows memhrilneITOWS membranegrows
grows rapidly and is much larger than thanthe thanthe thanfile
the warty pox It commences as a asmall asnmll asmall
small vesicle icle or moist papule which whichmpidly whichrapidly
mpidly grows in size If it begins on onthe onthe onthe
the conjunctiva it soon closes up the theeyelids thee theeyelids
eyelids e elids which soon swell to an enor enorinoiis enornous enormous
inoiis size The eyeball e eban itself is at atfirst atfirst 1tfirst
first never affected but after the dis disease lliselse disease ¬
ease has gone Une on for several days da the Hieeyelmll thee theeyeball
eyeball e ball itself may ml become involved and anddestroyed tl11l1tlltro anddestroyed
destroyed tlltro ed The effect of the swelling swellingis
is i h to > prevent the bird seeing and thus thusbeing tImsheiu thusbein
being heiu unable to eat or drink wastesand wastes wastesand YUIIt YUIItanti
and dies diesWhen diesVlhen 1ItShen
When hen the pox is on the nasal mu mucous mucou mucous ¬
cous membrane the whole hole nasal cavity cavityat
at once liccoines blocked tl The bird birdbreathes biT biThnltlll birdbreathes
breathes > with OJMMI mouth and gasps gaspsfor gaspsfill gaspsfor
for breath breathWhen hrea breathWhen Ul Ulhen
When hen the pox is in the month the themouth themouth themouth
mouth or the throat may become becomemuch becomelIlUlh becomemach
much blocked with the i pox ox > and the thebird tilehill thebird
bird must l1lu > t die as it cannot eat or swal swallow swallow swallow ¬
low lowThe The The Dry I or Warty mt variety consists consistsof
of a small raised > ed scab crust or wart wartmiwh wartlllul1llhe wartand
miwh lllul1llhe and ell the size iZI of a split Ilit pen or gram gramIt
It is i dark brown IIIonin in color is i hard dry dryaniLrotighish tlf tlfalllllOlli dryanuL
aniLrotighish anuL rou hish > h on the surface It seems seemsto seemsto seemsto
to cling clin to the skin like a limpet to a arock arock arock
rock If the wart is wrenched off a around arlltUHI around
round shallow ulcer is found on the theskin thejikiu theskin
skin the scab scahis is the cap of the ulcer ulcerthere ulccrthlli ulcerthere
there thlli is little or no bleeding on re removal renmnl ¬
removal removalisa
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Keeping in India Intll describes chicken chickenpox c11ickenpox chickenpox
pox and mentions that there are two twovarieties twotrieties twovarieties
varieties of it He states that the dis disease disC disease ¬
ease C lse is i > communicable coal ulunictable to man 11 1 In Inthis Inthis Inthis
this he surely urel must be in error errorThe errorPhe errorThe
The disease in the French posses possessions possessionsin possessions ¬
sions sionsin in the West St is known as Plan PianA PiaDctreful
A careful investigation in stigttion of it was made madeby madeb madeby
by b Dr N and his report appeared in inthe inthe inthe
the Bulletin de 1Union Agricole Cale Caledonienne Caledonienne Caledonienne
donienne This investigator discov discovered discovered discovered ¬
ered microscopically that the ulcer ulcercontained ulcercontained ulcercontained
contained a fungus a mycelium with withspores withspores withspores
spores known as Aspergillus Aspergillusfumibl Aspergillusfumibltus fumigatus fumiga fumigatus
tus and this he found growing on thefloor thefloor the thefloor
floor of every ulcer He isolated it itand itand itand
and successfully proved lro l that this was wasthe wusthe wasthe
the cause of Pian Some varieties of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the fungas he found to become very veryvirulent veryirullllt veryvirulent
virulent under favorable condition of ofheat ofhCIt ofbeat
heat and moisture moisturelie
lie then investigated the question questionas
as to whence the infection came and i
answers it thus From grain and andfrom andfrom I
from the soil The surface of the thegrain thegrain
I Igrain
grain is the habitat by b preference of ofthe ofthe I Ithe
the Aspergillus We Ye receive them inincalculable in inincalculable I Iinroleulable
incalculable numbers in bags of rice riceScattered riceScattered
I
Scattered over the soil they there Kind Kindthe lfintlthe findthe
the moisture and heat to maintain maintaintheir maint1 maintaintheir n I ItIleir
their virulence In addition to this thistheir thistheir thistheir
their resistent powers and their vital vitality yitalit vitality ¬
ity it are very great Three or four fouryears fourears fouryears
years ears after cultivation they may be bereproduced bereproduced bereproduced
reproduced If the rice were import imported ¬
ed from India it itma may possibly explain explainthe
the introduction of this East ast Indian Indiandisease 1111I1ndiease Indiandisease
disease to the West IndiesDr Indies IndiesDr IndiesDr
Dr X makes one very Vet remark remarkable remarkahle remarkable ¬
able statement that will need a 1 good gooddeal gooddeal 0011 0011Ileal
deal of corroboration It is that the thefungi thefungi
I
fungi sometimes attack the eggs in inprocess inprocess IIIprocess
process of incubation and are thus thustransmitted thustransmitted thustransmitted
transmitted to the embryo The in inoculation inoculation inoculation ¬
oculation usually occurs through the themedium the1II1llium themedinnh
medium of an abrasion on the delicate delicateskin delicateskin delicateskin
skin of the chicken about the bill and andeyes al1l1ey andeyes
eyes eyesIt ey eyes eyesIt
eyIt
It would be interesting to have the thedisease tIlediseaoe thedisease
disease in Ceylon Ce lou microscopically in investigated investiWltel1 investigated ¬
vestigated for comparison with the thefindings tJlefilldill thefindings
findings filldill in the eWst e st Does the Aper Apergillus Aperglllu Apergilhis
gillus fumigatus flourish in the chick chicken ehiclen ¬
en pox Call thi this fungus l he > e found up upon ullon upon ¬
on our paddy Is the geographical geographicaldistribution geograpl1iealdistributiou geographicaldistribution
distribution of this malady contermin conterminous ¬
ous with the commercial distribution distributionof
of this thi grain grainNow grainNow rrainNow
Now as to the treatment of the dis disease tlisCIse disease ¬
ease No o internal remedy of any kind kindis kindi kindis
is i required The cure of the Warty Wartyvariety Wart Wartrnrietr Wartyvariety
variety is most simple The following followingplan followingplan followingplan
plan never fails to effect a complete
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100 pounds crushed Oyster Shells Sh l1s 75 75SO
50 pounds Coarse Raw Bone 125
50 pounds pure Dried Blood 150 150aoo 150Goo
Goo 350 350The 330The se seThe
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TOBACCO DUST DUSTIf
If your fowls are troubled with lice or chig chiggers chiggers tll tllera
gers era send end L26 and get cc 100 pounds cf to toace toaced11St > acc accdust cc ccdust >
dust and sprinkle it in your Our coop Inc 1 ne to tobacco t tbacco tobacco
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HENS TEETH TERUSHELTo ETsNHDE0LVLl ETsNHDE0LVLlTo 3urSE OYS OYSLS l lTo LS
To properly digest its it food the fowl must musthave musthave musthave
have grit What the teeth are to the human humanbeing humanbeing humanbeing
being grit is to the fowl We can ca can now furnish furnishground furnisharound furnishground
ground oyster shells from which all the dust dustand dustand dustand
and dirt has been screened to supply this grit gritwhich gritwhich gritwhich
which is lacking in nearly all parts of Florida FloridaGoods Ftori FtoriGood FloridaGoods
Goods very inferior to ours and full of dust dusthave dusthave dusthave
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Jacksonville aeksonTlUe Fla Flacure F1Lcure Flacure
cure When chicken pox is discovered discoveredin dlscoe1edin
in a run do not think of isoating the thesick thesic thesick
sick sic bird All the birds are probably probablyinfected probablyInfected ProbablyInfected
infected with ith the fungus and nothing nothingis
is gained gin by b isolating therefore let letthem letthem letthem
them remain and treat thus First the thebird tIlebilll thebird
bird that actually shows the Warty Wartytrouble Wartytrouble art arttrouhle
trouble is caught the wart or scab scabmust scabmllst scabmust
must then be forcibly removed say saywith snywith saywith
with a matchstick when removed dip dipthe dipthe diptine
the end of the stick into some pure pureundiluted pllr111I1I11I1t1 pureundiluted
undiluted Teyes Tc fluid tlu lI and apply it itlirmly itlirmly itfirmly
lirmly to the raw ulcer rubbing it in inwell inwell inwell
well Treat reat every wart in this way wayThe waylhe wayThe
The idea is to kill the fungus in situ situIt situIt situIt
It is of no avail to apply the neat neatTeyes neltTe neatJeyes
Teyes Te es fluid on the top of the scab s < ab it itmight itmiht itmight
might as well be applied to the sole soleof soleof soleof
of a boot for it would never reach the themycelium them themycelium
mycelium m lClinm lying underneath Every Kveryfowl Everyfowl Everyfowl
fowl that shows signs of the disease