. Practical poultry production . Poultry. COMMON DISEASES AND TREATMENT 161 susceptible to roup, especially if all conditions such as proper housing, etc., are not favorable. The prevention in this case would, of course, be to hatch early, so as to have the stock well grown by fall. Likewise undersized or poorly developed birds should be culled from the flock sometime during the summer, as described in Chapter XIII. Symptoms. The first symptoms of roup are watery and swollen eyes, loss of appetite, and a thin watery discharge from the nostrils. It will sometimes be noticed that a fowl so affec
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. COMMON DISEASES AND TREATMENT 161 susceptible to roup, especially if all conditions such as proper housing, etc., are not favorable. The prevention in this case would, of course, be to hatch early, so as to have the stock well grown by fall. Likewise undersized or poorly developed birds should be culled from the flock sometime during the summer, as described in Chapter XIII. Symptoms. The first symptoms of roup are watery and swollen eyes, loss of appetite, and a thin watery discharge from the nostrils. It will sometimes be noticed that a fowl so affected will stand around with its head under the wing most of the time. On examining the plu- mage under the wing it will be found discolored or dirty. There is us- ually a rather offensive odor accompanying roup, which, when once detect- ed, can always be recog- nized when roup is pres- ent. As the disease de- velops, the discharge be- .1 . 1 1 • A Figure 162.—A fowl with roup. comes thick and inter- feres with the bird's breathing. In severe cases the bird's head becomes inflamed and the eye badly swollen, so that it protrudes. Treatment. Remove the sick birds to a warm, dry, well-ventilated room that is free from drafts. Syringe the nostrils by means of a medicine dropper with a solution of one teaspoonful of common salt in a quart of water. The eyes may be bathed gently with the same solution. Grease around the nostrils and eyes with pure or carbolated vaseline. After cleaning the nostrils and eyes with the salt- water solution birds may be individually treated by syring-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lamon, Harry M; Kinghorne, J. W. (Joseph William). St. Paul, Minn. : Press of Webb Publishing Co.
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