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Excerpt from Diseases of Poultry
The examination of the throat is important in many cases because it is the seat of two common and very serious affections of domestic fowls. Namely. Roup and gapes. In examining the mouth and thoat the bill can be Opened by pressing the thumb and finger on the angle at either side; then if the windpipe is pressed up ward from the neck, the larynx can be forced into the back of the mouth and examined easily. It is tre quently of advantage to have an assistant hold the fowl while the examiner carries out these manipulations and ilso holds the tongue down bv bearing upon it with a wooden toothpick or some Similar small object.
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