. The Eastern poultryman. Poultry Periodicals; Fruit Periodicals. 58 THE EASTERN POUTRYMAN. Simple Remedies for Roup. Almost every poultry-keeper knows what roup is. The disease is common, in the fall and winter months, among poultry which have been neglected. It is a contagious catarrhal disease charac- terized by "running" at the eyes and nostrils, puffed eyes, swollen head and mouth and throat filled with foul smell- ing mucous or sometimes cheesy matter. The peculiar fetid roup-smell is always present in the disease. Whenever this odor is noticed look for roup and you will be pre
. The Eastern poultryman. Poultry Periodicals; Fruit Periodicals. 58 THE EASTERN POUTRYMAN. Simple Remedies for Roup. Almost every poultry-keeper knows what roup is. The disease is common, in the fall and winter months, among poultry which have been neglected. It is a contagious catarrhal disease charac- terized by "running" at the eyes and nostrils, puffed eyes, swollen head and mouth and throat filled with foul smell- ing mucous or sometimes cheesy matter. The peculiar fetid roup-smell is always present in the disease. Whenever this odor is noticed look for roup and you will be pretty sure to find it. The dis- ease is caused by its own special germ, but the predisposing causes the crowd- ing, neglect, dampness, filth and the many other poultry "don'; Try to avoid the disease by breeding only from healthy birds, as the tendency to roup is hereditary. Use common sense meth- ods in caring for your birds and keep them comfortable, clean and well fed. If the disease makes its appearance, sep- arate every sick bird from the flock as soon as you can find it; establish a quar- antine for all suspects; clean up, and use a good cheap disinfectant, like sulpho- naphthol, freely about the houses and runs. Kill all very sick birds and burn them. Don't keep sick birds moping about to infect others, and don't waste your time and money doctoring. It is all foolishness to waste two or three dol- lars' worth of time and medicine on a dollar bird. Take the disease in time. Go for it and try to stamp it out as soon as you notice the first case. Don't wait for the first case, but prevent the disease by good care and management. Sulpho-naphthol, one teaspoonful in an ordinary bucket of drinking water, is an effective remedy In individual birds the discharge can be dried up by using the sulpho-naphthol and water, equal parts, for swabbing out the throat, and for painting the nostrils. For bathing the eyes use little more water. Apply it with a bit of absorbent cot
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