Margaret Mahaney Talks About TurkeysMahaney, Margaret
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Margaret Mahaney Talks About Turkeys
Mahaney, Margaret
Turkeys
In a case of tape worm the droppings will be more or less white
and limy. A turkey requires a great deal of lime. I have even
seen turkeys pick at an old wall where it had been plastered.
Lime, mixed with sand, should be left in all the corners of the
farm for turkeys to eat, as it is a sure preventive of worms.
PERITONITIS
Peritonitis in turkeys is often mistaken for blackhead. It is a
very difficult disease to treat, and it is only with the milder
cases that success can reasonably be expected. The affected bird
must be kept quiet, protected from any current of air, and opium
in doses of one (1) grain every four hours is recommended to
quiet the pain and reduce the movement of the intestines, or mix
three or four drops of aconite in a half glass of water and give
a teaspoonful three or four times a day. Injections of tepid
water are recommended to counteract constipation. Take a hot
water bag. Do not have the water so hot that it would be
uncomfortable for the turkey; wring a flannel out of warm water
and lay it over the hot water bag, and then place the bag against
the wall of the abdomen. Renew them as often as necessary to keep
up a moist heat. This treatment should be continued from a half
hour to an hour. Repeat three or four times a day, drying the
surface of the wall afterwards so that the bird will not take
cold. If there is a great weakness, one or two drops of ether, or
four or five drops of tincture of camphor may be injected under
the skin as a stimulant.
In case the disease is due to rupture of the oviduct or
perforation of the intestine, treatment is useless; if it has
followed inflammation of the intestine, the treatment for
enteritis should be combined with that for peritonitis.
On opening the abdominal cavity of a turkey which has died from
peritonitis, the lining membrane is found to be a deep red in
color, and is sometimes covered by an exudate, which may consist
of a thin, transparent layer, or it may be thick yellowish or
reddish yellow. The abdomen may contain more or less liquid which
may be transparent or it may be turbid with a yellow or reddish
color. If the trouble is due to the perforation of the intestine,
the liquid will have a very offensive odor from the
multiplication of the putrefactive germs. If it has resulted from
the rupture of the oviduct, the egg, either intact or broken,
will generally be found in the abdominal cavity, and the ruptured
place in the wall of the oviduct is easily discovered.
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