Show COLDS CAUSE LOSS IN POULTRY FLOCK can be greatly reduced by precaution losses due to colds in the poultry flock may be reduced by guard guarding Inq against overcrowding improper ventilation dampness and drafts from crevices in the walls back of the perches according to n B II 11 edg ington of the ohio agricultural expert ment men t station mr edgington said that wide variations in temperature between night and day long periods of cold damp weather ber and rapid changes of environment are other contributing causes resulting su biting in colds the disease may nf af feet birds of any age but Is most likely to develop in young birds that are in overcrowded eded quarters or heavily infested with intestinal parasites lice and mites the first symptom of a cold la Is a clear watery discharge from one or both nostrils in a few days this dis c charge barge becomes viscid yellowish or gray in color and resembles pus As the disease becomes moro more advanced the discharge dries on the nostrils and interferes with breathing the affected birds frequently sneeze appear droopy and may have a watery discharge from the eyes treatment of the individual fowl affected with a cold usually Is impractical and rarely profitable unless the bird be of exceptional vain attempts to administer medicinal agents mgt ants in the teed feed seldom are successful owing to the lack of appetite possessed by the sick bird fowls affected with colds are best removed from the flock and it if the disease Is in an advanced stage it Is best to destroy them in attempting to control and prevent colds it la Is necessary to discover the reason for the low resistance si st of the birds and then to remove the cause |