Symptoms: Rapid and extreme emaciation till the bird is almost a living skeleton. The comb and wattles are so pale that they are almost white. The appetite is generally voracious, and in the latter stages the bird is quite dull and sleepy ?

Answer:

The disease is termed "going light" and is really consumption. There is no cure for it.

It is sometimes contagious, and as soon as a bird is discovered in this condition it should be killed and buried.