The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-24
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THE HORSE DISEASE.
The Canadian Eptdemie Spreading
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RocHrsrEHg N HY (pctober 81

The Canadian Eptdemie SPREADING
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RocHEsrEs, MY, October 81.
The Canadian horse epidemic, a new
disease in this country among horses,
is now raging With great fsrvor among
all the stables 10 Western New York.
1t 10 form OF influenza and is classed
by veterinary authorities under three
heads, viz, the catarrhal, rheumatic and
the gastro-erysipelatous forms. The
disease, which has made such havoc in
the stables of Buffalo, Niagara and this
city, is Of q catarrhal character, it's frs,
noticeable symptoms being a flow Of
tears from the eyes. a wstery discharge
from the nose: general languor, followed
by cough.
IN THE EARLY STAGES
Of the disease the membranes OF the
nose are pale, of a leaden color, while
the eyes present a reddish appearance.
The veterinaries also report some CAGES
which. wherever they appear. prove IA
tai, as commencing with chill. sue
ceeded by a general feverish condition,
manifested by heat Of the mouth, mem,
branes OF the eyes and nose REDEEMED,
pulse frequent. though soft and easily
compressed, respiration quickeued and
sometimes laborious. At this stage the
bowels may be sluggish, urinary organs
inactive and the discharge from the
nose often assuming yellowish or
greenish appearance. The disease,
which has frequently appeared among
horses in Europe, usually runs its
course within ten days. There has
been
GREAT DEVASTATION AMONG THE HORSES
here and in Buffalo. Owing to improp-
er treatment and an imperfect knowl-
edge OF the disease, over three hundred
cases have proved fatal in the past
twenty-tour hours in this city and vi
cinity.
All the horses owned by the street
railway companies are afflicted.
OBrien's Circus Company have 200
horses under treatment. 1t is safe to
estimate that over three-fourths OF the
horses in this city are affected with it,
both in the public and private stables.
To day it was.impossible to hire a horse
of any kind, and the prospect for the
morrow does not seem to brighten.
A veterinary surgeon in Rochester
furnishes the following suggestions con.
Corning the treatment Of the disease.
The patient should be excused from
all labor and allowed complete rest.
The stables should be clearly and well
ventilated. Disin'ectants may be use
full, and in some stables necessary. Any
of the following will answer: Carbolic
acid, sulphate of iron or bromo.chlor-
alum. The patient should be properly
groomed, and the nose and eyes fire.
9uently sponged with water, and the
limbs, if cold, bandaged. The drink
should have the chill slightly removed,
but not enough to make 1t warm and
unpalatable. The diet should be light
and OF a laxative nature; say spout
iced or brain, welted or scalded, with
little salt added Hay in limited guam
titles may be allowed.
In regard to remedies I wish to say
that heroic treatment should not be
tolerated. Blood letting, cathartlc
nauseants and srterial sedatives are all
of them either injurious or uucalled for.
Next, whatever medicines are admins
istered should not be given in the form
of draughts or trenches, as the animal
is sure to be thrown into parexysm OF
coughing the moment a drench 10 at
tenn pied, and some Of the medicine will,
in such event, be almost sure to find its
way into the windpipe and bronchial
tubes, thus inducing fatal bronchitis or
pneumonia. Balls should not be given,
az they will be coughed back or out, and
the irritability of the throat will be in
creased in attempting to pass them over
with the hand or fingers. Powders are
we'll nigh useless, as when mixed with
the food the patient will usually refuse
both food and powders. Electuarles,
sirups or pastes are the only forms in
which medicines may be safely aud
successfully administered in cases where
the throat is tender and irritable and
coughing easily induced.
Saline medicines regard as the most
useful in this disease. Any OF the fol-
lowing will answer: Chlorate of potash,
muriaIe O: ammonia or hyposulphate
of soda. Az an anodyne to relieve the
cough, fluid extract Of balladonna may
be added. The proper dose OF either OF
these medicines may be rubbed up with
two or three ounces o. honey or mo-
lasses and these poured in the mouth
from a small bottle or placed on the
tongue with a spoon. Given in this
way the medicines will be readily
lspped up and easily swallowed: But
little trouble is required to give it, and
no danger OF getting any medicine IN
the trachea will be incurred by this
method. About the throat and over
the windpipe sharp stimulating linz
ment should be well rubbed in. In
cases that prove severe or are comp.!i-
Gated with other and more serious dis
eases a competent veterinarian should
be employed.