Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-23
ROuP IN CHICKENS.
How to Treat the Disease and Prevent 1t
From Becoming CONTAGIOUS.

now to Treat the Disease and Prevent 1t
From becoming Contagious.
Roup appears in different forms. I
will describe the two most distinct,
which are also most prevalent, other
lorms being only notifications of these.
We may distinguish the two as catarrh-
Al and diphtheric. The first is the
milder and less dangerous, but if neg
Iected may develop into the last-named,
which will be fatal unless promptly ar
rested. The first symptoms OF the
| catarrhal form increase as the disease |
advances; there is discharge from the
aostrils, and unless the disease begins
10 yield to treatment, the comb fades
and the bird appears dull and lifeless.
Though the cause is usually taking
cold, still the disease is often epidemic,
and somewhat contagious.
| The diphtheric form OF roup affects
the bird more violently from the first.
The wings droop, there is inability to
breathe. though this seems to proceed
rom weakness as well as obstruction.
The head and face swell. and a whitish
membrane forms in the throat, mouth
l
very contagious, and usually fatal.
Many ''sure cures" are advertised, but,
as far as my observation has gone,
there is no sure cure when the disease
has taken this form with any degree OF
intensity; and unless the bird is very
valuable, and can be safely shut away by
itself, it should be quickly removed and
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Cold, filth and insufficient ventilation
are the usual causes OF roup. Any or
all of these may cause either form,
though filth and impure air are usually
the causes when the severer form re-
suits. Cold is the most cause, and
fowls are very susceptible to it, especial
ly during the moult, when feathers are
scarce and vitality low. Any exposure
that causes fowls to stake cold" is apt
to lead to roup.
Treatment: When the first symptoms
appear, separate all the affected birds
from the we'll ones. Discover and re-
move every possible cause and disinfect
the buildings by burning in them guam
titles of sulphur, tar and turpentine,
enough to make a dense smoke in all
parts of the building. Repeat this
whenever necessary. The house must
be kept very clean, as bad odors and
filth are favorable to the disease, even
when not the cause of it. douglass
Mixture" is an excellent remedy and
preventive. 1t is made as follows: One
pound copperas, one gill sulphuric acid
und two gallons of water Mix and
shake thoroughly. Add one teaspoon
full OF the mixture to one quart of drink
J ing water for both sick and healthy
portions OF the flock, though if the dis
| ease Is very severe double tho amount
may be given to the sick ones The
, recipe is valuable one to any poultry
keeper, as it is excellent to use once a
week for healthy hocks TO keep them
so.
Besides this compel the fowl daily to
inhale the smoke Of burning turpentine
, and sulphur My plan tor this is to
, take a perfectly tight wooden box three
) feet in length, breadth and depth, with
tight cover; make floor OF Stats for
? the fowls to stand on, about one foot
( above the bottom. Cut a hole in the
. bottom two or three inches in diameter,
t to admit the smoke, and bore small
, noles ali around the upper edge, to let
D the smoke pass out.
Thus the occupants are compelled to
D inhale the smoke as it passes from the
may be done by means of small oil
! stove or common lamp. Place cup OF
g small basin over the blaze of lamp OF
stove, by means of a wire fixture or any
: other convenient way. so that the heat
a will cause the turpentine, a tablespoon
a full of which should have been previ
4 ously put in the basin. to evaporate
rapidly. Have the box elevated so thai
9 you can hold the lamp under the open
ing. Put the fowls inside and the cover
:, on.
! When the turpentine has all evapor
!. ated supply its place with one teaspoon
full of sulphur. When this has melted
n If not already ignited, touch a Lighted
y match to it and let it burn out Th'
q patients can endure a little strangling
but care must lie taken not to suffocat,
;. them. Take little powdered hydras
, tin on the point of knife. put in
:, small machine oil can and fill will
;, water, shake to mix, and when th
- fowls have partly recovered the smok
ing inject little in each nostri
;, through the tube Of the can.
The above may seem tedious pro
cess, but few repetitions will show
"a decidedly good effect, which is NOR
than can be said OF most "roup cures.
A feeding of hot meal mush, to whicl
has been added a little cayenne pepper
:, is an excellent morning diet, and viii
:. - aid the recovery. While 1t is a beneti
- to the owner of animals to keep then
- =. in health, it is also cruel to withhold
!, from them means of relief in our pow
- er to give.-Boston Budget.
I'd How to Ship Poultry.
"a Do not pack poultry until it is en-
: tirely free from animal heat. Fowl
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