Show DREAD DISEASE OF POULTRY roup Is contagious and spreads through flock with great rapid ity may be chronic next to cholera roup is the most dreaded of ailments to which poultry is exposed the disease is contagious and spreads through the flock rapidly it Is a catarrhal infection 0 of the mu membrane of the eyes nose and throat and it may be acute or chronic in form there Is always an offensive odor connected with this disease which is peculiar to t and which makes it easily detected many mistake a bad cold AS roup A cold may it if neglected develop into roup but a bird may have a severe cold and still be free from roup the I 1 TT 46 healthy pair of fowls common symptoms are first a dryness and inflammation of the throat and mouth bubbles in the corners of 0 the eyes and sneezing followed by a sticky discharge from the nostrils if the disease is permitted to go on without prompt treatment the dis charge from the nostrils will thicken and the eyes will soon become puffed and swollen sometimes closing corn plemely the afflicted fowl will also lose its appetite the feathers will be roughed and it will lose weight rap idly A chronic form of this disease may result or the b rd dies |