186 ENEMIES AND DISEASES OF POULTRY 



enough for 60 pills. One of these pills may be given 

 night and morning for 3 da. 



AILMENTS AND TREATMENT 

 Colds, Canker, Catarrh, and Roup. The most common 

 ailments of fowls are colds, canker, catarrh, and roup. 

 All of these troubles are likely to come from exposure 

 to damp or cold at seasons of the year when the tem- 

 perature rises and falls quickly. Fowls are just as 

 likely to take a cold in July and Aug. as in midwin- 

 ter; they are especially likely to take cold on rainy 

 days in the summer when they go to roost with wet 

 plumage. 



As a matter of fact, colds, canker, catarrh, and roup 

 are often merely stages of the same disease. A cold 

 may begin by a slight discharge from the nostrils, 

 accompanied, perhaps, by watering of the eyes. Canker 

 and catarrh, which are inflammations of the mucous mem- 

 brane, are mild forms of diphtheria in which patches may 

 grow on the inside of the throat and on the tongue or at 

 the opening of the windpipe. These conditions follow 

 one another quickly, unless prompt attention is given 

 to the first symptoms of cold. The earlier forms of the 

 disease do not seem to be contagious, but roup is 

 contagious. 



So many remedies are used in the treatment of these 

 diseases that it is difficult to choose between them. The 

 best remedy of all, perhaps, is permanganate of potash 

 administered in the drinking water. The bathing of 

 the head, face, throat, and nostrils with warm water 

 in which some antiseptic solution is mixed, and the 

 maintenance of perfect cleanliness in their surroundings 

 is also advisable. The giving of internal remedies is 

 very unsatisfactory, and any attempt to cure fowls 

 afflicted with roup by any such means is almost useless. 

 Fowls badly affected with roup should be promptly 

 killed, their bodies buried, and the premises cleaned 

 and disinfected with creosote or some other similar 

 material. Permanganate of potash should be given to 



