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I'uri.TKV DISEASES AND TIIKIK TREATMENT. 



".Main |i<iultr\ ktcpcrs assert that roujiy l)inls show fever; 

 ami it is eertain that the luad is often very hot. hut tlie IxxJy 

 teiiii'«.ratiire is iioniial, or only very slightly higher than normal." 



"Special Svinplnms of Koiip. I'.y the term ronp we generally 

 understand a more or less pntrid discharge from the nostrils, 

 which lasts lor weeks or even months. The disease often fol- 

 lows a common cold, to which fowls, especially yonng fowls and 

 those of the more delicate hreeds. are much predisposed." 



"In the first stages of roup, the 1)ir(ls often cough or sneeze, 

 and tile breathing is noisy, caused by the i)artial closing of 

 the air passages, which become blocked with the discharge from 

 the nostrils. When the air passages are entirely closed by the 

 discharged products, the fowl has to open its beak in order to 

 breathe." 



"Sometimes a yellowish cheese-like mass forms in the nos- 

 trils, growing quickly and pressing the upper walls of the nose 

 upwards; and if this mass is removed, an uneven bleeding sur- 

 face is left, which forms a new cheesy mass in from 24 to 48 

 hours." 



Fig. i5. .Slidwiiig swelling nf head in severe 

 roup. I From Harrison and Slreit). 



"Whilst manv roui)y birds show only the above mentioned 

 symptoms, others become more seriously diseased. The face 

 of roupy birds is very often swollen, especially between the 



