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susceptible to roup, especially if all conditions such as proper 

 housing, etc., are not favorable. The prevention in this 

 case would, of course, be to hatch early, so as to have the 

 stock well grown by fall. Likewise undersized or poorly 

 developed birds should be culled from the flock sometime 

 during the summer, as described in Chapter XIII. 



Symptoms. The first symptoms of roup are watery and 

 swollen eyes, loss of appetite, and a thin watery discharge 

 from the nostrils. It will sometimes be noticed that a 

 fowl so affected will stand around with its head under the 

 wing most of the time. 

 On examining the plu- 

 mage under the wing it 

 will be found discolored 

 or dirty. There is us- 

 ually a rather offensive 

 odor accompanying roup, 

 which, when once detect- 

 ed, can always be recog- 

 nized when roup is pres- 

 ent. As the disease de- 

 velops, the discharge be- 



.1 . 1 1 • A Figure 162. — A fowl with roup. 



comes thick and inter- 

 feres with the bird's breathing. In severe cases the bird's 

 head becomes inflamed and the eye badly swollen, so that 

 it protrudes. 



Treatment. Remove the sick birds to a warm, dry, 

 well-ventilated room that is free from drafts. Syringe the 

 nostrils by means of a medicine dropper with a solution 

 of one teaspoonful of common salt in a quart of water. 

 The eyes may be bathed gently with the same solution. 

 Grease around the nostrils and eyes with pure or carbolated 

 vaseline. After cleaning the nostrils and eyes with the salt- 

 water solution birds may be individually treated by syring- 



