PESTS OF A POULTRY YARD 107 



zinc the day following, alternating the treatment. It will not do 

 to mix the two medicines at the same time, as one neutralizes 

 the other. 



Kileroup, a patent medicine which is very highly extolled and 

 can be bought at any supply house (see advertisement at the end 

 of the book). 



The Diseases of the Lungs Are Bronchitis 



Bronchitis : Bronchitis is confined to the lining membrane of 

 the breathing tubes. Bronchitis is caused by exposure to storms, 

 especially when birds are housed in too close or too warm a build- 

 ing, or by sudden atmospheric changes, direct currents of cold air, 

 irritating particles of dust or lime, or by spreading of inflamma- 

 tion from catarrh of throat or nostrils. It is not considered in- 

 fectious, though it may be almost epidemic from the same cause af- 

 fecting several of the flock. Birds sent on trains to an exhibition or 

 to a new owner sometimes develop bronchitis. The hot, close air 

 of the show room and the warm corner of the express car, suc- 

 ceeded by exposure to wind or cold, very frequently develops bron- 

 chitis. 



Symptoms. There is from the first a rise of temperature, and 

 a little difficulty in breathing. The lining membrane of the bron- 

 chial tubes is dry and swollen, hindering the passing in and out 

 of the air- On listening to the respiration, a whistling sound may 

 be heard; later on a rattling or bubbling sound, caused by the air 

 passing through accumulations of mucus, is heard. 



Treatment. Place the affected birds in a comfortable and rea- 

 sonably dry place, where the temperature will be even. Give soft 

 and cooling, but nourishing, food, such as bread and milk. Give one 

 drop of tincture of aconite every three hours, and two or three times 

 a day a half teaspoonful of honey with five drops of eucalyptus oil. 

 Kileroup is also a good cure for bronchitis. 



Roup, Cure For. The following treatment for roup, when it 

 has extensively infected the flock, is recommended by the New 

 York Experiment Station : A solution is made of one teaspoonful 

 of permanganate of potash, dissolved in one pint of water. All the 

 cheesy matter is picked off with a toothpick and the spots painted 

 with iodine. Then the heads of the sick fowls are dipped in the so- 

 lution. This treatment to be repeated daily until a cure is effected. 



