The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-12-05
RouP AND ITS TREATMENT
An Instructive Discussion of the Sub
ject by an Authority.

An instructive discussion of the SUBJ
ject by an Authority.
Roup or avian diphtheria may attack
all varieties of the domesticated fowls.
also cage and wild birds. says DR.
Charles F. Dawson, veterinarian Of the
Florida agricultural station. The char
acteristic symptom is the appearance
upon the lining membranes of the
mouth and nose of peculiar yellowish
patches which resemble those present
In the threats of children suffering
from diphtheria. These patches are
adherent to the parts upon which they
rest and when stripped off cause a
raw, bleeding surface. In few days
they become yellow, much thickened,
and interfere with the breathing and
prehension of food. In some cases the
eye is affected. The eyelids become
glued together, and the material col
lects upon the front Of the eyeball,
causing great bullying and final de-
struction of the eye. a peculiar nause-
ating odor accompanies the disease,
due to the decomposition of the pent
up secretions Emaciation is rapid
| from the absorption of poisons formed
| by the disease process and from the
inability to eat. In some outbreaks the
disease attacks the intestines, result
| ing in bloody discharges and great
loss. 1t lasts from few days to few
weeks according to its being acute or
chronic in character. Some claim that
| roup is the same as diphtheria in man.
| If they are the same disease, why can
| we not find the germ of diphtheria in
roupy chickens as certainly as we can
| in case of true diphtheria in man?
| Moreover, why can we not apply the
diphtheria antitoxin treatment to fowls
with the same expectation of favora-
Bile result as is now obtained by it's use
| in human diphtheria?
| am aware that any one has yet
| satisfactorily demonstrated that the
| initial LESSONS of roup are due to a
| germ Undoubtedly the putrefactive
| germs which are found in the sores
have much to do with the progress of
| the disease. Roup is often COMPOUNDED
/
ones being ordinary colds and infec-
| tious catarrh. In any disease of this
| nature which has lasted three or four
! days and in which the formation of
| yellow patches upon the tongue, roof
| or back part of the mouth has occurred
| treat for roup If the fowl is not worth
| treatment, destroy it and burn the car
| cass.
The indications for treatment are
| isolation of the affected ones, com
plete renovation of the henhouse by
sciaping the floors, burning old nests, a
| liberal coat of whitewash to all wood
work and coating the floors with lay
| er of lime. This is to be followed by
medicinal treatment of the affected
ones This should in part consist Of
| the use of antiseptic washes for the
/ nostrils. mouth and throat. Any of the
| following washes may be used: A 2 per
cent solution of creolin applied to the
parts with brush: equal parts of kero-
sene and olive oil or cottonseed oil;
| boric acid. fifteen grains to the ounce Of
water. In applying any one of these
| the patches which can be detached
without causing blood to flow. 1t is
considered good practice to also dust
| the cleansed surfaces with flowers of
sulphur.
| The following wash is recommended
by Salmon: Dissolve thirty-five grains
of chlorate of potassium and two
grains of salicylic acid in one ounce of
| water and add one ounce of glycerin.
| Apply this liquid to the spots two or
/ three times day, and give teaspoon
| full of the mixture internally to each
fowl Great relief is afforded the fowls
by fumigation. Place the fowls in a
tight building and pour oil of tar on a
hot brick. piece of iron or shovel. Do
this twice daily.
The tumors which form on the head
should be opened with sharp knife
and their contents washed out. The
bleeding which frequently occurs can
be checked by filling the cavity with
raw cotton saturated with chloride of
| iron. Zurn recommends internally and
externally a mixture Of $50 grams
of a decoction of walnut leaves Qifteen
grams to quart of water) with twenty
grams OF glycerin. five grams of chic
rate of potassium and one-half gram of
salicylic acid in fifteen grams of recti-
| fed spirit. OF this give once or twice
daily a tablespoonful to large fowls.
He also paints the parts with the solu-
ton twice day.
In addition to using any of the above
treatments the birds should be given
soft food, and in cases where they can
not eat the food should be given by
hand. They should also be given a
stimulating tonic, the following being
recommended: Cayenne pepper, sui
phate OF quinine. sulphate OF iron, of
each one dram. Mix and add little
honey or strip as an eXcipient and di-
vide the mass into sixty pills. Give
each fowl one pill three times a day
Convalescent fowls should not be re-
turned to the healthy flock for at least
month after recovery.
The best farm lands in the western
and northwestern states have now
reached valuation of close to 500 per
acre, this for the choicest farms with
modern Improvements thereon. We are
asked whether these lands will still
further advance in value. Not very
much until population becomes more
dense than it is at present. In Eng
land and on thp continent the best