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diarrhea in chicks and blackhead in turkeys. It is encouraged by keeping 

 fowls in badly ventilated houses, keeping too many in one room and allowing 

 the poultry house to become damp and the droppings to accumulate in the house. 



Symptoms. The symptoms at first resemble those of a severe cold at- 

 tended with a feverish condition, a discharge from the nostrils and a frothy 

 substance in the corners of the eyes. The appetite diminishes and the fowl 

 sits with head drawn in, wings drooping and having the general appearance 

 of depression and illness. 



Treatment. The sick fowls should be removed from the flock to a warm, 

 dry and well ventilated room. The affected membranes should then be treated 

 by applying antiseptic and healing mixtures. The best method is a spraying 

 apparatus but an oil-can or even a medicine dropper can be used. A good 

 remedy for this treatment is boric acid 1 ounce, water 1 quart, or permanganate 

 of potash 1 dram, water 1 quart, or peroxide of hydrogen 1 ounce, water 3 

 ounces. Before applying these remedies it is well to wash the mouth and eyes 

 with a solution of warm water containing 1 teaspoonful of salt to a quart. 

 Don't forget to wash the hands well after handling sick fowls. 



Preventive Treatment. If the disease be taken in hand early, or as a 

 preventive measure it can frequently be stamped out by using a creolin spray. 

 Mix 1 teaspoonful of pure creolin in a gallon of water. With a small spray 

 pump that throws a very fine mist, spray this solution about the poultry houses 

 after the birds have gone to roost. Spray about the heads of the birds so they 

 may inhale the vapor. It will cause a great deal of sneezing and coughing. 

 This treatment every night for ten days or two weeks, will cure many stubborn 

 catarrhal colds and often cures mild cases of roup. 



Apply a 2% solution of carbolic acid to the affected parts. 



Kerosene mixed with an equal part of olive oil has given good results. 



Cleanse the nostrils and throat with equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and 

 water several times daily and grease the nostrils with vaseline. 



Make small pills of well mixed sulphur and camphorated vaseline. 



A tablespoonful of clear lard, half a tablespoonful each of vinegar, cayenne 

 pepper and mustard; mix well together and add flour until the whole has the 

 consistency of dough; roll into slugs about the size of the top joint of the 

 little finger and put one down the patient's throat. Repeat in twelve hours, 

 if necessary. One dose often cures a mild attack. 



Spirits of turpentine, one part, with glycerine six parts, makes a good 

 lotion for bathing the face and eyes, for injecting into the nostrils and for 

 swabbing the throat of roupy fowls. 



Make a 20% solution of common baking soda. Bathe the head and inject 

 into the cleft in the roof of the mouth. Then repeat this process using peroxide 

 of hydrogen instead of baking soda. Then inject into the cleft in the roof of 

 the mouth and down the throat, the following prescription: Oil of thyme 1 

 dram, oil of eucalyptus 20 drops, oil of petrol 2 ounces. 



Get some two-decimal tablets of bin-iod of mercury, and for adult fowls 

 give two tablets night and morning. In the drinking water use permanganate 

 of potash. Get the crystals and dissolve them in a bottle of water and then 



