The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-06-01
PREVENTION OF RoUP. y
Germs Of the Disease Do Not Develop
Without Assistance Of Filth
and Dampness.

Roup Is disease that is not feared by
those that have never had it in their
hooks a person will sometimes raise
poultry for many years and never have
case. II Is our belief that it is possible
10 Keep the disease out of the flock alto
gether by using due precautions BAD
weather conditions seem frequently TO
De the cause Of the disease. but IL is GER
talnly que to germ, and however bad
the weather the disease could not come
without the germs being present. But
even II the germs are present they may
not hrd chance to develop without the
assistance of filth, dempness and draity
roosung places. The way to keep roup
out of a flock is to keep the henhouse
clean, supply it with an abundance of
llght, have 1t SO tight that the fowls will
DE exposed TO no drafts, and then be
careful about introducing new birds.
New fowls must be purchased now and
then. but such ones should be kept by
themselves and away from the rest OF
the llock for month after purchase TO
make sure that they are healthy. When
the disease is once introduced II IS like
ly to prove very stubborn visitor to
eject. Prevention is far easier than
cure.
Roup Is frequently very destructive.
but at other times the disease seems to
be mild in form. carrying off no birds at
all. This has led to the suspicion that
there are several diseases that we ig-
rorantly named ruup. We are certain
that there are at least two, one being
common in winter and the other most
fatal In summer The bactcriulugists
are working on the diseases at the pres
ent time and may ultimately bring light
out Of the darkness. But with our pres
ent knowledge we must treat all OF these
diseases as one and call them simply
roup. This WORD is an old one and means
TO cry out" II was probably given to
this disease because birds affected with
1t cry out 4 synonym is the pip"
When this disease gets into q flock the
losses from dead birds may be great.
but The Interpretation Of the live birds
may be oven greater One man claimed
to us tina. ho had a recipe that had cured
hA' N''h VI i'Nif IT. Voc Aultf an "a
tensiye combination Of drugs that were
made up into pellets. Each bird had to
be caught in turn and have the pellets
crammed down the throat. 1t took sew
oral months in the winter TO cure the
hock. and this work had TO be done Just
at the time when the fowls should have
been laying eggs. But. said the man.
Il cured them anyway, and without los
Ing a single fowl but didn't get any
eggs till the middle Of the next sum
mer." II may well be doubted II the
cure was worth the trouble. Doubtless
II would have paid better TO have
chopped of the heads Of the we'll fowls
as soon as Il was apparent that the dis
ease was likely to take them.
Roup is indicated by the birds having
swelled heads. watery eyes. nostrils
ologged with matter. by diarrhea. and
by high fever Sometimes all symp-
toms except fever and diarrnea arc
wanting II Is better 10 kill cheap birds
that are sick than 20 doctor them. But
II Il "a desired TO doctor them. their
heads and throats should be washed e..
antiseptics and the well and sick bird,
should be separated Farmers Review