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ruffled, the appetite gone, the eyes closed, the head drooped 

 and may frequently gape. An examination of the mouth 

 shows the membrane lining to be inflamed, red and swollen. 

 The throat is also affected and clots of phlegm collect in 





Fig. 114. Suffering from Roup. 



the back of the mouth and entrance to the throat. If still 

 unchecked, sort of boils form on the head comb and about 

 the eyes, sometimes also in the mouth and on the tongue. 

 These symptoms as outlined indicate severe physical de- 

 rangement, which soon results in death. 



There are many remedies for roup, but we think the 

 following, as is given in "Success With Poultry," is one of 

 the very best : 



Treatment. — Pen the fowl in warm, dry quarters, and keep 

 out all drafts of cold and damp air. Feed hot bran, mashed 

 potatoes and meat, and medicate the throat, mouth and nos- 

 trils with chloride of sodium or common salt, as follows : 

 Take a bucketful of warm water; put a teacupful of salt in 

 this amount of water; then catch the fowl, examine the 

 throat and nostrils, removing all mucous matter out of the 

 nostrils. Fill a pint cup for each afflicted fowl, hold il by 

 the feet — head down, choke it until the mouth is wide open 



