Apoplexy in Fowls

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 40, 12 September 1885, Page 3

Apoplexy in Fowls

This is a common disorder among fowls, and generally makes its attacks without the slightest warning. A French writer on this subject says : — " There are two degrees of vhis disease among poultry, one deep-seated, and the other superficial, each, having different symptoms by which it can be told. Deepseated apoplexy is characterised by complete disorder of movement, while in its superficial form the disease is manifested enly by deficient muscular energy and instability in walking. Deep-saated apoplexy is accompanied by superficial apoplexy, but as the latter is the precursor of the former, it ought to be attended to, in order to prevent its pass, ing into what might be termed the second stage. It is, doubtless, light forms of this disease that are sometimes termed the megrims, or giddiness. An apparentlj well fowl will sometimes fall over on its back, struggle for a minute or two, then rise stupid and giddy, and return to its food. Cnless something be done, and that promptly, one convulsion rapidly follows another, until finally death is the result. The remedy for this is castor and syrup of ginger, mixed with syrup of white poppies. It is best to confine the fowls ia a small yard or pen for a few days, giving light food in small quantities.- -New York Rural.