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swells up, and there is a running from the eyes. Loose 

 patches resembling cheese form upon the mouth, throat, 

 and round the nostrils and eyes. With the disease in this 

 advanced stage, death soon supervenes. 



Roup almost from the start of the disease is very 

 infectious, and becomes highly so when the period marked 

 by the viscid discharge is reached. 



As will be seen, roup is easily detected in its earlier 

 stages, and the treatment consists of complete isolation of 

 all affected birds and destruction by burning of all dead 

 ones. Directly the disease is detected the parts affected 

 or likely to be so should be washed at repeated intervals 

 with a 10 per cent, solution of boracic acid, and a i per 

 cent, solution should replace the ordinary drinking-water. 



It is only in the very early stages that it is of any use 

 whatever endeavouring to cure roup, and birds in any 

 advanced stage of the disease must be destroyed and 

 burned. There is nothing else for it. All other birds 

 likely to be contaminated should be treated as above, 

 whether showing signs of the affection or not. 



There is another disease, or a form of this disease, 

 which is of a tuberculous nature. In this, the lungs and 

 liver are more directly affected. It is much less common 

 and usually slower in producing fatal results, but equally 

 certain. I have observed it frequently in the wood- 

 pigeon or ring-dove in certain seasons, and it is probably 

 more frequently communicated to pheasants through these 

 birds than in any other way. It produces extreme 

 emaciation in birds so affected, and is apparently beyond 

 the reach of cure. 



Diarrhoea, frequently termed scour, is sure to occur 

 amongst some of the pheasants at one time or another. 

 Wherever hard-boiled egg against which I have written 

 is employed, it is likely to be of continual occurrence. 



