The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-09
Poultry Lousiness In the Horse.

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Nearly twenty years ago Professor
Bouley directed the attention of the
veterinary profession to a skin disease
of ahorse, caused by. the presence OF
louise infesting poultry. Professor
Bouley says its commencement Is IN
stantaneous.. All at once the horse is
seized sudden, and so irresistible is the
desire the animal possesses to scratch
himself, that he is not easy for a sim
gle moment. He rubs his skin against
every resisting body near him, stamps
the ground continually, strikes his bel
~, bites every. place he u reach with
his mouth, manifesting. by his contin.
ual movements the burning itching by
which hesis .devonred At night his
fortunes increaseJuse MUCH 81, that
should the. animal be, dbandoned to
himself, he rpbs and bites hfmsel to
That degree that he tears his skin, and
Carries portions. away in his mouth,
,kdenuding himself extensively of his
scarf skin, J1i0r4 does he relax until
smarting pain succeeds the insupporta-
l.bie tormentS of the itching.
! When these symptoms are present,
the skin is 'the seat efEan eruption OF
7 very small vesicles. The v~esicles when
mature contain a serosity which raises
the epidermis, which when detached;
fleaves a sman, Hcitcular, bard surface,
I his bare part becomes covered with a
dry crust which soon falls of and is
replaced bya new and perfectly smooth
fepidernis. I" 20
In a few days a horse which has q
PINE glossy coat may have its skin GOV
cred with bare patches. r4-
The symptoms produced by the dis
ease are occasionally mortified by the
horse rubbing himsslf and producing
excavations which are most frequently
seen on the lateral parts of the head
and neck, upon the back and Group,
upon the sides and TANKS, and upon
the internal parts of the limbs. ~,
I The late Mr.. Henderson, OF Lon
don, wrote the following account of
his experience of the disease immedi-
ately after the perusal of NJ. Bouley's
article:-"My attention was first call
ed TO- this subject through being called
to see eight horses that we're used in a
four horse stage coach, which at the
time ran from Kensington to Leaden-
hall street. These occupied an eight
stall stable, which was not connected
with,any any other stable in the yard.
The stable man told me that two OF
three of the horses which stood at one
end Of the building had been rubbing
and gnawing themselves for some days
past, which increasing until it became
serious, it was thought requisite to ap
" to me about it. The disease APP
peared unlike both mango and surfeit
in any form I had ever before een
them. Still, I commenced to treat
them the same as / had been accus-
toned TO do for mango, by giving them
a good mercurial dressing, This ap-
psared to have the desired effect for a
time. Bat the others become similar
ly affected; and even those which had
been,cured, relapsed again. -gt =
One day while 1 was watching tho
operation of dressing, an old coach
man drove into the yard, and soon be-
gan TO ask what was the matter. /
was somewhat puzzled TO answer his
question and to give the disease a
name, when the old fellow followed up
an inquiry by asking, "Wberes your
hen-house%ys f The place being pointed
ophlt, the door was no sooner iopened
than a Spectacle wassaiseiosed 20 u.s.
1 shall not readily forget. The
accumulafibn Of a6fthIins fhe place,
Had not TO all appearance been
cleaned sout for years, was only TO be
compafed in aspect and consistence to
Of Delayed cheese aswarming
With miets.1 This secret being discov-
cred, the nuisance was Immediately re-
moved, the stable being well cleaned
out, and the horses thus freed from
annoying COMPARTMENTS g
ii"Since the aboReEIi haveinot . met
more than twefor tAreeIiea sasofl
the Riud,i bdefBeTassared myssfrsts<en-
5diry iii each 6ne4Nas,s.W keTc is .pouf
len.house ?" At the remote perlodin
the ab6vc case occurred, L wasl
4 very young 9nanlin practice, and had
rylfittlei timeIto dip deoplyinro phil
o~eophieal Investigations Had these
cases occurred in the present age of
advanced scientific research they would
have received s~tficter inquiry, and
would probably have revealed facts
beneficial to Silence. In closing this
narrative, let me whisper M word to
young friends-"Neve turns deaf
TO the observations ofooldoage.n-
Had done so, considering it beneath
me to- attend to what may at the time
have been thought the impertinence of
stupid old coaehman, l might to this
day have enjoyed my ignorance
Western Rural.
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