Staggering gait and appearances of a Keep fowl quiet; put in a dark place; sudden tit Loss of weight. Affects chickens; many deaths Rattling in throat. whitish diarrhea; give Epsom salts. Avoid musty grain and straw. No cure; prevent by strict sanitary methods. Paint throat with iodine. head Gently scrape off scab and paint with iodine. Isolate and syringe nostrils with 2% carbolic acid. Yellowish patches on throat following Isolate; paint patches with hydrogen an attack of roup.... Skin puffed out Bird has fit peroxide or iodine; best to kill fowl. Puncture with needle. If worms are believed to be the cause Anoint with sulphur iodine. Rub with vaseline. ointment or Nostrils caked with offensive smelling exudate Hardened scale on tip of tongue. Isolate; syringe nostrils with 5% car- Soften and remove. Paint shoulders above lungs with iodine; generally incurable. Drooping wings; dullness; many deaths! Strict sanitary measures; difficult to control. Distended crop with offensive liquid.. Empty crop; diet sparingly. Yellow feces; bad diarrhea; sudden No cure known; kill fowl and burn Syringe out cloaca. Give castor oil; supply green food and make bird scratch for grain. No remedies. EXTERNAL SYMPTOMS Wasting away; lameness. Dullness; many deaths; whitish diarrhea Swelling on pad of foot.. Difficulty in standing straight.. Broken shank or wing. TREATMENT Kill affected birds; disinfect poultry houses, etc. Proper feeding; thorough disinfection; difficult to control. Lance, if bad; paint with iodine; lower perches. Hold legs in warm water; rub with embrocation; keep bird in dry place. Splints. Pain in joints of legs and difficulty in Difficult to cure; rub joints with emstanding Unsteady walk Stiffness in joints; difficult to distinguish from cramp and gout..... On hen and in nest straw..... Unthrifty condition of birds; deser- brocation. Select breeders. |