Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-21

or OUR COUNTRY THE SOUTH HAS
ITS soREHEhD, THE NORTH HAS RoUP
| AND cANKEH, WHICH, WHILE LESS
| PREVALENT THAN soREHEAD, Is MORE
sERIoUs THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS
HOW TO CURE THESE HEAD DISEASES.
No two diseases Of poultry are more
frequently confused than roup ana
| sorehead The latter disease Is called
chicken pox IN some sections, but the
southerner knows the trouble as sore
head 1, is SO easy 10 distinguish roup
and sorehead that If is strange there
should be any confusion Roupy chick
ems have an offensive odor. Sorehead
chickens have no special odor he
characteristic roupy, diphthcritic odor
| is never forgotten It makes the treat
ment so distasteful that many poultry
men kill in place Of treating tins dis-
ease
The following letter illustrates the
| mixing of the two diseases. My tur-
KEYS have roup. and of such severe
type that some of their eyes have pop
ped ont ! have killed and burned every
one that has shown any sign Of IT and
am doing everything | can, hut still
the disease is spreading My neighbof
has 100 beautiful Wyandottes and
notice some of them with cold He
is away on his vacation and am looking
after his chickens. 50 ! placed them IN
a run hy themselves and have gwen
them mixture of salts, copperas and
sulphur OF course the houses have been
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
Could YOU suggest any further pre-
ventivc measures. or could cure the
sick ones
The writer decribcs typical sore
head or chicken pox epidemic There
are no indications OF roup hat DIS
case does not spread rapidly, neigh
bor's flock would not be infected, and
he characteristic rotten smell would
have been mentioned rs one of the
symptoms Sorehead when found IN
the eve and air passages looks and dc
velops like roup The nasal and eye
passages become filled with muc,ls.
I he eye is infected swels rapidly, and
the lids stick together Then the pres
surc Of pus inside The closed lids pops
ont Of the eyes. or more correctly
bursts the eye ball
TWO rYrEs % soREHEhD.
Sorehead Is very prevalent in the
south II Is causcd hy mold spores
tnspergilus fumigatusl. found usually IN
moldv litter or moldy corn II chicken
picks over anything moldy, It rarely
escapes sore eyes This Is the starter OF the
moist type Of the disease, which Is mis-
taken for roup The dry type, different
from any other disease. takes the form
of brown warts on the comb and face
Sorchcad is not a serious disease. No
case need bc lost II early treatment IS
gwen. The treatment can he gwen more
readily If the sick chickens are separated
from the rest Of the flock. But there Il no
| advantage of separating sick from well to
| stop infection. Every bird in the flock
will he infected before the first case Is
seen The best kind of coop for conilnng
the sick bird is one built 30 inches of the
| ground with a slat or l-lnch mesh Wlre
netting floor \ good size Is feet wide
and feet long with Il Slated front and a
trough outside for feeding and watering
The treatment of sorehead consists OF
immersing the head of the sick bird IN q
disinfectant TO clear the nasal and eve
: passage This must be done FIRST clean
, the nose and head so he can breathe
, naturally. That rule applies To all chickens
, that breathe through the mouth
The best solution in which To duck thC
, | head is "A straw coiored solution OF aclC
| sulphate of iron The latter Is u CHEAP
| brown-colored liquid known aS fer-sul
> 1t is IA positive cure for soerhead, and L
i | particularly Indicated for cleaning ou
q and disnfecting the air passages or IN
: | testinal tract Another remedy Is milk,
= solution of cresol, or similar product II
water-1 teaspoonful to pint,
4 TREATMENT OF soREHEAD.
Keep the entire head Of each soreheaI
patient under the solution for ID seconds
Do this three times a day. Two days
: treatment will cure almost every ease
: | Where the eye is swollen and closeC
i first dip the head, then take a toothpIcl
| and wrap absorbent cotton around II
! ! Moisten the swab, and with 1t open tn
lids and swab out the interior OF the eye
Keen the eye open and the sight will b
| saved There will be no popped eye
While you are treating the sick in
; dividually, find the source OF mold ant
| remove it. Prevent further infection
Examine the food Corn, and particu
larly cracked corn, molds rapidly. |
t YOU have been feeding moldv corn, eithe
t discard il. or ii YOU have Il big suppl
on hand, soak the damaged corn in waite
over night, pour off the water next morn
!; ing. add fresh water. and boil the cor
d for half AN hour This boiling will ki
the mold spores Change the lite
If it is damp and moldy. Ii the rang
I contains wet spot that molds in ho
{ weather. keep the chickens away from Il
I Give fresh drinking water twice daily
G | sometimes color the drinking water
! pink with permanganate OF potasi
> The brown warts of the dry type {
sorehead will dry up when the head
dipped IN the dlsinfectant, and am
7 sores will be healed Dip the heads
! of those that have only the warts, th
e same as the chickens with the runnin
e noses and frothy eyes.
OVERCOMING RoUP IN POULTRY.
h Years ago roup was a scourge in No
d thern poultry yards. The houses wer
e built on the greenhouse principle. Ih
/ | front or south side was covered wit
m glass windows, and a little ventilatio
n was permitted These windows mad
,e the house hot i'll the daytime and col
re at night The extreme range OF temper.
A. ture injured the poultry Roup,
T. disease of bad air and low vitality, W.
found everywhere Thank goodness, Il
" open-front poultry houses removed tt
10 conditions under which roup fourishec
AS has been pointed out, roup Is simll;
in appearence to moist sorehead II
eve and the side of the tace are frequent
swollen, the nostrils are running, tt
e chicken breathes through the mout
= which is sometimes frothy. An offensll
y. y. odor is present Remove the sick bird
N Dip the head as recommended for sor