Show A 0 CAUSE LOSS IN RY FLOCK can be greatly reduced by precaution losses due to colds in the poultry flock may be reduced by guarding against overcrowding improper ventilation dampness and drafts from crevices in the w walla alls back of 0 the perches according to B IL II edgington edgin ton of the ohio agricultural experiment station mr edgington ed ington said that wide variations in temperature between night and day long periods of cold damp weather an and rapid changes of environment are other contributing causes resulting in colds the disease way may affect birds of any age but Is most likely to develop in young birds that are in overcrowded quarters or heavily infested with intestinal parasites lice and mites the first symptom of a cold Is a clear watery discharge from one or both nostrils in a few days this discharge becomes viscid yellowish or gray in color and resembles pus As the disease becomes 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 fow 1 affected with a cold usually Is impractical and rarely profitable unless the bird Is of exceptional value attempts to administer medicinal agents in the feed seldom are suc f owing to the lack of appetite possessed by the sick bird fowls affected colds are best removed from the flock and if the disease is in an advanced stags stage it Is best to destroy them in attempting to control and prevent colds it Is necessary to discover the reason for the low resistance of the birds and then to remove the cause |