Show iii j iF I A Bird in h. the Hand l 1 I r Special lal Information Service United States Department of Agriculture GUARD AGAINST CHICKEN FLU 1 u l u fr I I i 1 It I l Y i. i f rt t 0 r 1 t r. r J I It t I I A if r w IH A Hen With the Roup Yo Roup-Yo Your r Chickens May Get In the the Same Condition Unless Unless Unless Un- Un less You Take Proper Precautions to Prevent the Disease ROUP IS SERIOUS u DISEASE IN FAll FAllIn in Many Respects This Ailment of Fowls Is Similar to Influenza of Humans ISOLATE ALL LL AILING BIRDS Symptoms Preventive Measures and Treatment Described by Specialists Special Special- of United States Department Department Depart- Depart t ment of Agriculture A As cold weather approaches p poultry raisers should take every precaution to prevent their chickens fr from m getting colds If the flock is not properly cared for it is easy for this ailment to get a start and so reduce the vitality vitality vital vital- ity of the birds that tb t other more serious serious seri seri- ous diseases are readily introduced One One of the most common as well as ad serious diseases which follow colds is contagious catarrh catarrh catarrh- more more generally known ImO among as roup It le the more malignant forms o of influenza In the human family family- and and among animals It attacks principally the membranes membraneS' lining the ey eye the sacs below belov the eye the nostrils and other parts about the he head d. d It is is' attended with high fever a and d Is ve very contagious I New Nv N v birds and those which have I been en in exhibitions should be isolated und and kept under observation for two weeks before they are put with th the lock hock and all all nh animals and wild birds bird excluded so far as possible The houses should be kept clean and dry I mind d occasionally disinfected infected i If the disease appears notwithstanding these I pr precautions cautions isolate the affected fowls i at once at a distance istance fr from the well ones and apply disinfectants freely about the houses and runs Also place sufficient permanganate late of potash in all drinking water to give the latter a u. adeep deep purple color If the disease proves pr of a severe type Pe it Is often better bettel better bet bet- ter tel to kill the entire flock and after u ml thorough cleaning and fur rf the tim premises t to fo begin with new newt t Js This radical method avoids the rei retention of the birds which may harI har har- I lu o the contagion and cause the de- de of subsequent outbreaks Prevent Introduction of Disease r Ioup appears appears' to be a strictly con- con tulous disease that Is one which arises es only so far as fiS known by con- con from other diseased birds The nature of the microbe which constitutes the tho h virus Is n not t known The contagion is generally brought into the poultry yard by infected birds S Sometimes Sometime these are birds which are purchased purchase rom other flocks In which the disease s they are birds of the home flock which have been in exhibitions ex cx- and there exposed to sIck and sometimes they are wild wild rl s or pigeons pl eons which fly from one jI yard to another The saliva salim and md the discharge which from the the nostrils carry the theo o o and soon contaminate tho the tr water and feeding troughs so hut all nil the time fowls are Infected EVen vea he time flocks In adjoining lg yards ards are infected infected in in- by the particles of mucus proJected projected projected pro pro- Into the air all when sneezing or orby orby by JY he he cont contagion gion carried on the feet fl of persons animals or small bIrd birds mt pass from one yard to another Delicate birds are Inclined to severe Attacks and to recover slowly and often a n. chronic condition persists for foro fora long time Birds o a so affected may nanny mrry and spread prend the contagion for forg 1 PI g year or more and become the cause J jf new outbreaks outbreaks' of the time the disease How Roup Affects Poultry The symptoms first seen are very ety to those of an ordinary cold but ut there is more fever dullness and prostration The from tho the nasal opening Is at first thin and wa wa- tory cery but In two or three days It be- be tOl S thick and obstructs the breatha breath- breath J JT rt a C. C f. f I ing g. g The Tho inflammation which begin In the time nasal passages soon extends to the eyes and to the spaces which exist immediately below the eyeballs Tho The eyelids are alO swollen held closed much nuch of the time and nd may be glued together er by the accumulated secretion The birds sneeze ze an and shake shako their heads In their efforts to free the air passages from the thick mucus The appetite Is diminished and the birds sit with their heads drawn rawn in and their wings drooping having a gener general l appearance of depression and sickness When the inflammation reaches the spaces s or sacs beneath the eyes It causes ause the formation of a secretion very similar to that of the nose and andas as this becomes thick it collects dIstends distends dis dEs tends the walls of these spaces and produces a warm and painful swelling which Is seen just below the eyes and may may reach the size of a n hickory nut This swelling presses with much ranch force on the eyeball which is displaced laced and more or less deformed and end in extreme cases even th the bones of tb the head m may majr 4 give way before it The closure of the eyes prevents the badly affected birds from finding food the accumulation of mucus in the nos nos- nostrils completely ly obstructs these passages passages passages pas pas- sages so that the beak must be kept open In order to Breathe the obstruction obstruction I tion of the windpipe and the smaller air ail tubes causes loud breathing sounds and difficult respiration In the severe and advanced cases the birds sit In a somnolent or semiconscious semiconscious semi semi- conscious condition unable to see or orto orto orto to eat their str strength Is rapidly exhausted exhausted ex ex- ex hausted and many of them die within I a week or ten days A A. part of the affected recover ir but others s continue weak and have a chronic form of the disease for months during during dur dur- ing lag which time they continue to disseminate disseminate dis dis- the contagion I I I 1 PREVENTION IS BEST i I II I JoI The treatment of ot sick birds J requires much time and patience JI and there Is always the risk JI that they may carry the con- con if for several months after J JI they are apparently well Pro Pre of colds and roup Is J 11 therefore much more satisfactory tory and profitable than treatment treat- treat merit ment say ay specialists of the United Unit- Unit United 11 ed States department of 11 V u t ture The poultry house should hould be kept free from drafts and f. f measures should be continually j t tt t enforced which will wili exclude ie con con- 11 of all aU kinds j 3 1 tt To Distinguish Roup Roup is distinguished from diphtheria In ia by the absence absen e of r the thick tough and very adherent newly formed membranes mem mem- branes false membranes In Ia the nos nos- nostrils mouth and throat which are characteristic of the latter There may sometimes be a n. deposit of yellowish material on the walls valls of the mouth month and throat but It is easily broken broken up upI and removed remove I Box for Dust Bath Provide a n. box partly filled flied w with road dust dast or wood ashes so as to give the hens an opportunity to take a n. dust bath It gives them needed exercise and keeps them free from lice and mites Un Uniformity I form t of Purebreds Purebred poultry means means uniformity of products Uniformity of products means menns Increased profits If they are are properly Proper marketed Given the same sarna care and feed purebred fowls will make a better profit than mongrels n Profit-Producing Profit Period The hens hen's greatest profit producing period is the first and second years yeats and unless a n hen Is an especially good breeder she shoud be disposed of atthe at T I the tho end of her second laying season and before starting to molt j As a rule feed mash mashes s early earls 1 in evening the day da 1 and scratch graj grain In in the l c 1 t C s- s I I. t 1 |