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Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.

From Time Magazine Archive

When chickens catch cold these germs find lodgment in the nasal passages and roup ensues.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

Do not scrape the tongue, nor cut off the tip, but cure the roup, diarrhœa, bad digestion, gapes, or whatever the disease may be, and the pip will disappear.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

Ay, ay," she cried, "thump them and drive them into the shed, Giles, that they may be ready for the roup o' our plenishing and stocking.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

The roup was no a week after; an', oh, it was a grievous sicht to see hoo the crop an' the cattle went for just naething.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various