The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-05-02
FARM, eaRnEH AID HOUSE,
COLO IN HORSES.


The common Kind Of collie In horses f.
known as wind collie. This arrives from
fermentation OF the fool "a the stomach,
instead Of its healthy digestion. II a
horse l. brought IN tired aud is fed I'M
mediately aud ills his stomach, there
may not be suiIlcien; gastric juice to per-
form It's office. The food will then FER
ment. Soon the horse will bloat; breath
ing becomes hard, with frothing at the
mouth. This may not be COMPOUNDED with
the hard breathing in lung fever, since IN
the latter there Is no blOating. The pas
sagcs of the stomach and bowels become
clogged with the masses Of undigested
food. the gus arising from the fermenta-
ton cannot pass out ofthe stomach, which
becomes distendcd, and presses the dia-
phragm forward SO that the lungs cannot
expand. the breath becomes short and
the rapid breathing win shortly induce
frothing. If the trouble reaches this
stage the horse will rarely live more
than an hour. In this disease time IL Of
the greatest value. As soon as you see
your horse Is bloatlng, give something to
stop the fermentation. For this heap
ing tablespoonful of saleratus is the best
thing. Spirits of hartshornin doses of half
an ounce very much diluted is also good.
II now you have checked the fermentation
for five minutes, the next thing is to make
the gas pass Off. 10 do this give warm
water injections freely, injecting ell the
animal will hold, If 1t is apailful. Turn
the horses head down hill, and use a
small force pump If you have one, or II
not use piece of rubber tube which
should be inserted as far as it will 60 with
ease, and the end of the tube may then
b. turned up and tunnel put in, Into
which turn warm water. After you have
put in all the horse will hold, turn him
and let it pass away, and repeat the oper-
alton till the bowels become free, and the
gas passes off. Meantime another hand
should be preparing dose Of physic
which should be from 0ne-half to three
fourths of an ounce of aloes. This if put
fnto water by itself will not dissolve, but
If put into pint of warm water in which
heaping tablespoonful of saleratus has
been dissolved the alOes will dissolve, anC
the saleratus will be useful as an anti-sep
tic to stop the fermentation; to this car
be added some molasses to make it more
palatable.'
Should the animal seem In much pair
give two ounces of laudanum or an ounce
of either, or half an ounce of cloroform
Should the physic not operate in an hour
or half an hourjf it is very severe case
repeat the dose, keeping up the injections
during the time.
IF there is structure from kinlling of The
bowels there will be no help. The lecturer
had kown a horse to die in thirty minutes
In spite of all efforts. AcOnitc is some
times given to cure collie, but it was of NJ
value; nor is salt or vinegar, or both, o
use. Chalk and vinegar, which are some
times given, the chalk first and then thu
vinegar, will alone produce collie, ant
should never be given, as the effervescenc
may give pressure sufficient to burst tn
bowel. In no event take out the anima
and run or trot him about, nor rub hi
belly with chestnut rail.
The course sometimes adopted of lay
Ing the horse on his side, and getting
heavy man with thick boots to wal
across him, back and forth, is also useles
and cruel in the extreme. If the hors
can be saved it will be by the use Of In
jestions and physic.