HEAD, THROAT AND LUNGS 



makes the victim susceptible to other attacks. Birds which have had 

 the disease should not be used for breeding purposes. 



Individual treatment is the only way this disease can be treated suc- 

 cessfully. Feed stimulating food. Blow a little flowers of sulphur into 

 the throat through a quiU. Swab out the throat with a bit of cotton on 

 a toothpick or match moistened with undiluted creolin, and bathe the 

 throat, mouth, nostrils and eyes with a solution of creolin (one teaspoon- 

 ful in four fluid ounces of water). In cases where there is a thick, tough 

 menibrane, the swab, may be moistened with undiluted creolin or with 

 "Loeffler Solution," and then hpld for a few minutes directly against the 

 menibrane and moved gently over it. Don't drop any of the medicine 

 into the windpipe unless you want to kill the patient. Give the sick bird 

 one tablet of protiodide of mercury (1-100 of a grain strength) two to four 

 times daily until the membrane begins to disappear. Then reduce the 

 dose gradually until but one tablet a day is given. Continue for one week 

 after the membrane is gone. Permanganate of potassium may be used 

 as recommended in treatment of roup. 



Follow this up by good care and feeding easily digested soft food in 

 which is some good tonic powder. In this way the bird may often be pulled 

 through and put in sufficiently good condition to show. Five drops of Fel- 

 lows' compound, syrup of hypophosphites, made into a pill with bread 

 crumbs, and given three times daily is a good tonic during convalescence. 



INFLUENZA 



Influenza, "epizootic" or "grippe" is another contagious catarrhal 

 disease often closely associated with roup. It is undoubtedly quite dis- 

 tinct from the two preceding diseases, although it often appears with them. 

 It is an acute, moderately contagious fever common to all seasons of the 

 year, and may be met in any climate. This disease appears in many forms 

 simulating other diseases. The most common form is a "roupy cold" with- 

 out the "roup smell," which may or may not be accompanied by a watery 

 diarrhoea. The predisposing causes are bad hygiene and unsanitary sur- 

 roundings — anything tending to debilitate the fowl. 



Symptoms 

 A sudden cold, "with watery eyes and nostrils and much sneezing." 

 Fowl is dumpish and feverish, drinks water frequently. Throat and mouth 

 are inflamed and contain frothy mucus. The breath may have a bad odor, 

 but there is no "roup smell." No patches in the throat. The eyes may 

 swell, but there is seldom any ulceration or blindness. Sometimes fever- 

 ishness, loss of appetite, and a greenish, watery diarrhoea are the cjiief 

 symptoms, with little or no head symptoms. The disease runs a course of a 

 week or ten days. In epidemic form it is frequently fatal. Ordinary cases 

 recover slowly, and there is always a tendency to another attack. 



Treatment 

 Hydrogen dioxide solution in water (equal parts) is useful for cleans- 

 ing the mouth and nostrils. A weak creolin solution is equally good, and 



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