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ROUP. 



complaint. The combs and wattles of fowls 

 are occasionally frozen. The best prevent- 

 ive is a warm fowl-house: it does not ap- 

 pear to influence the general health. 



Occasionally we find a hen with its 

 feathers rumpled and hanging loosely about 

 her, at a season when she could not be sup- 

 posed to be moulting. Upon examination, 

 the gland on the rump is frequently found 

 to be swollen. This must be treated like 

 an ordinary boil. If there appears to be 

 fluctuating matter in it, open it with a knife, 

 and put on it a diachylon or gum plaster. 

 There is a disease described in the English 

 poultry books under the name of Roup. The 

 fowl appears stupified, its eyes are inflamed, 

 and there is a discharge from its nostrils. 

 The disease is supposed to resemble the 

 glanders in horses, and is said to be highly 

 infectious. Instead of following the advice 

 of the said poultry books, which is to place 

 it in an infirmary or hospital by itself, and 

 then to try all sorts of rational and irration- 

 al experiments upon it, we should advise 

 killing it outright, and burying the body. 



