THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SlCK FOWLS. 1207 



how to know it. — There will be cough, a raismg of the head to breathe, 

 and a more or less offensive smell. 



What to do. — In severe cases, give the following: 



No. 3. 1 Grain calomel, 



}^ Grain tartar emetic. 



Strip a feather, also, to within one-half inch of the end, and swab the 

 throat thoroughly with powdered borax ; also, let the fowls drink of the 

 following : 



No. 4. ^ Ounce cliloride of potassium, 



2 Quarts soft water. 



This disease is sometimes called croup. 



Preventives. — Good ventilation, cleanliness, and jiroper care. 



IX. Roup. 



When this disease is once found, the affected fowls should be either 

 .Jlled and l)urned, or else removed out of the way of the well ones. Or, 

 better, remove the well ones to other quarters. Separation must be 

 complete ; otherwise the entire flock will be subjected to the disease. It 

 is one of the most fatal pertaining to fowls, and action should be decisive 

 and promptly taken. 



How to know it. — The symptoms, at tirst, are like those of severe 

 catarrh ; but the discharge from the nostrils is thick, opaque, and of a 

 peculiar and offensive odor. Froth appears at the inner corners of the 

 eyes ; the lids swell, and often the eyes are entirely closed ; the sides of 

 the face become much swollen, and the bird rapidly losea strength and 

 dies. 



What to do. — The fowls must have dry, warm quarters, and soft and 

 stiumlating food. Give, as soon as po8sil)k', for a small fowl, a tea- 

 spoonful, or for a large fowl, a tablespoonful of castor oil. The nostrils 

 should be syringed, by inserting a small syringe in the slit of the roof of 

 the mouth, with one part of chloride of soda to two parts of water. 

 Three or four hours after the oil has been given, having divided the fol- 

 lowing into thirty doses, give one, two or three times a day ; 

 No. 5. 1^ Ounce balsam copaiba, 



}^ Ounce liquorice powder, 

 }4 Drachm piperiue. 



This is enough for thirty doses ; enclose each dose in a little gelatine, 

 and administer as directed. If the fowls continue to get worse, kill at 

 once and them. 



