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frothy pus ; crop generally swollen ; the discharge has a 

 bad odor and this is one of the distinctive symptoms. 



Look under the bird's wing and see if there is not 

 a spot where the feathers are smeared with the discharge 

 from the beak ; examine the nostrils ; at night listen for 

 rattling or wheezing among your birds. 



Treatment. Cut off the fowl's head in a severe case. 

 This is the only known remedy which has never failed. 

 If you are not equal to such heroic treatment, separate 

 the sick bird from the others, as the disease is conta- 

 gious. Give warm, stimulating food, and house in a 

 warm, dry place. The German Roup Pills are highly 

 recommended. Give stimulants ; mustard or pulverized 

 ginger in pills as large as a pea thrice daily ; cayenne 

 pepper in food and drink which may be seasoned as 

 strongly as you would use it for yourself. 



Wash the eyes thoroughly with castile soap suds or 

 with Labarraque's Solution of Chlorinated Soda, mixed 

 with two parts of water, several times a day. If the 

 throat be clogged with the secretion, clear it out and 

 use the Chi. Sod. here, applying with camel's hair brusl*. 



Sometimes it is necessary to remove a cheesy lump 

 under the eyes by an operation with the knife, but gen- 

 erally bathing will accomplish all that is necessary. 



Pulverized sulphur blown through a goose quill into 

 the throat and nostrils and other parts affected will be 

 beneficial. This treatment has been tried in diphtheria 

 and with good results, and roup resembles diphtheria 

 very closely. 



Bronchitis, Coughs, etc. Put the fowl in a dry place ; 

 keep it warm and give sweetened water slightly soured 



