Infectious Coryza

Other Names

• Cold
• Coryza
• Roup
• Catarrh
• Pip
• roop


Organism or Mechanism

Haemophilus paragallinarum bacteria

Preventative Measures

• Avoid mixing age groups.
• Provide a warm, draft-free housing in winter.


Management Treatments

• Fix drafts and provide dry litter.


Physical Treatments

• Spray a fine mist of camphor over the birds at night.
• Place a few drops of camphor oil in each nostril.
• Squirt hydrogen peroxide diluted one half with water into the nostrils.
• Oxine (2% chlorine dioxide) non-activated fogged in house.
• Give inhalations of eucalyptus oil in boiling water.


Nutritional Treatments

• Fast for 1 day, then give laxative diet of cod-liver oil, chopped onions, and greens.
• Give warm mash of feed, molasses, vinegar, chopped garlic and onions.


Herbal Treatments

• Give plenty of garlic and strong sage tea with finely chopped spruce shoots in bran with molasses.
• Give eyebright tea.




Homeopathic Treatments

• DO NOT USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAMPHOR TREATMENTS
• If sneezing with thin, watery discharge give--Allium Cepa 3X or Arsenicum Alb.3X.
• If watery discharge from eyes give--Euphrashia 3X.
• If thick sticky discharge give--Mercurius Vivus 3X or Hepar Sulph 3X.
• With bad odor; Homeogalline (Dolios)
• Hepar sulph. and Spongia on alternate days or Calcarea carb. given alone.
• For early treatment give Mercurius viv. 12 pellets dissolved in drinking water, continue until cured, follow with Acidum sulph. if not cured.
• If caused by cold, wet weather or sudden changes in weather with increased discharge from nostrils and sneezing use Arsenicum 12 pellets dissolved in drinking water or mash. Follow with Mercurius viv. if not cured.
• If discharge thickens and eyes seem affected give Euphrasia.
• If due to dry, cold winds give Aconite.
• If occurs during warm, moist, relaxing weather give Gelsemium.
• If only partial relief from a remedy then give Hepar Sulph.
• If hens have puffed faces, bright red color, and crouch give Nux vomica.
• If nostrils are clogged and hens sit listless with open mouths give Sp.