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and may force the eyes out of their sockets. The bird shakes the head 

 in an effort to remove accumulated pus from the nasal passages. The 

 appetite is not lost but may be checked by blindness or inflamed mem- 

 brane of the mouth or throat. The birds are depressed and may become 

 unconscious. Associated with the above symptoms a wheezing noise can 

 be heard with the breathing. 



PREVENTION 



Sell all chickens that recover from roup as they may carry the di- 

 sease one year or longer. Isolate all show or purchased birds for at least 

 ten days to determine whether or not they are going to develop roup. 

 Chickens that wheeze or water at the eyes or nasal cavities should be 

 kept in separate roosts and lots away from healthy chickens. Furnish 

 ventilation by the use of burlap over the opening in the buildings where 

 healthy chickens roost. Scald the drinking vessels out with boiling 

 water daily. Keep the hen houses clean, using lime and coal tar dips 

 freely after cleaning. Supply plenty of fresh straw. Do not go from 

 the sick coops to houses or pens of well birds without washing the hands 

 and liming the shoes. 



HOW TO TREAT THE DRINKING WATER 



To treat the drinking water aids the sick birds to recovery and aids 

 materially in checking the disease among the well birds. 



Treat all drinking water as follows. Place 2 drams (2 teaspoon- 

 fuls) of potassium permanganate in a l^ pint bottle of warm water. 

 Shake well several times but always allow the undissolved crystals to set- 

 tle before using. Use 1 tablespoonful of the clear saturated solution 

 to each 3 gallons of drinking water. The heads of effected fowls may 

 be bathed or dipped in the saturated solution out of the bottle. 



TREATMENT 



Soon as they wheeze, become droopy or water at the eyes, s,h'e the 

 chicken one teaspoonful of coal oil. Place one tablespoonful of clear 

 saturated solution of potassium permanganate water in each 2 gallons 

 of drinking water, bathe or dip the heads in pure saturated potassium 

 permanganate solution twice daily as soon as they show symptoms of 

 eye watering or wheezing. Following is a treatment for roupy fowls. 



