DISEASES OF POULTRY OTHER THAN FOWLS
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 those noticed when fowls are
affected, and treatment must be on the same lines. In the management of
turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowls and pigeons, the strictest sanitary
measures must be enforced, as in the rearing of fowls.
Owing to its importance, blackhead of turkeys is dealt with separately.
It is one of the most serious of poultry diseases and causes heavy
losses to turkey rearers. Careful study should be made of the reports
of the recent investigations at the Rhode Island Experiment Station.
Severe epidemics of diarrhea or cholera occur among all classes of
poultry. Geese are subject to a form of cholera that appears to be
different from any kind that attacks fowls. Water fowl are not commonly
infested with external parasites. Pigeons, on the other hand, are
worried by fleas and ticks as well as mites. Smallpox of pigeons is
similar to chicken pox of fowls, but pustular swellings may be found on
the rump and the cloaca of the pigeon as well as on the head. The scaly
leg mite attacks turkeys and the gape worm is sometimes a serious pest
of poults. Below is given a list of some of the diseases of turkeys,
ducks, geese, guinea fowls and pigeons:
TURKEYS
Blackhead
Diphtheria
Gapes
Leg weakness
Lice
Mites
Roup
Tuberculosis
Scaly leg
White comb
Worms
DUCKS
Aspergillosis
Catarrh
Congestion of lungs
Cholera
Diphtheria
Lice
Mites
Worms
GEESE
Aspergillosis
Cholera
Congestion of lungs
Diphtheria
Lice
Mites
Worms
GUINEA FOWLS
Aspergillosis
Cholera
Diphtheria
Lice
Mites
Worms
PIGEONS
Aspergillosis
Canker
Chicken pox (smallpox)
Diphtheria
Dovecot bug
Flea
Lice
Mites
Ticks
Worms