Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-01
FARM AND FlREsIDE.
Collie in Horses.

DIR. Cressy, the well-known Vermont
veterinarian, in recent lecture gave
the following as proper treatment for
collie in horses:
The most common kind of collie in
horses is known as wind collie. This
arises from fermentation Of the food in
the stomach, instead of its healthy di-
gestion. If horse is brought in tired
and is fed Immediately, and fills his
stomach, there may not be sufficient
gastric juice to perform its Office. The
food will then ferment. Soon the horse
will bloat the breathing becomes hard,
with frothing at the mouth. This may
not be COMPOUNDED with the hard breath
ing in lung fever, since, in the latter,
there is no bloating.
The passages Of the stomach and
bowels become clogged with masses OF
undigested food, the gas arising from
the fermentation cannot pass out OF
the stomach, which becomes distended,
and presses the diaphragm forward SO
that The lungs cannot expand, the
breath becomes short and the rapid
breathing will shortly induce frothing.
If the trouble reaches this stage, the
horse willrarely live more than an hour.
In this disease, time is of the greatest
value. AS soon as you see your horse
is bloating, give something to stop the
fermentation. For this, a heaplne
tablespoonful of saleratus is the best
thing. Spirits ofhartshorn in dose Of
half an ounce, very much diluted, is
also good. 1t now you have checked
the fermentation for five minutes, the
next thing is to make the gaspass Off
To do this, give warm watery injections
freely, injecting all the animal will
hold, if it Is a pailful. Turn the horses
head down hill, and use a small force
pump, if you have one, or ifnot, use q
piece Of rubber tube, which should be
inserted as far as it will so with ease.
and the end of the tube may then be
turned mp and funnel put in, into
which put warm water. After you
have put in all the horse will hold turn
him about and let it pass away, and re-
peat the operation till the bowels be-
come free, and the gas passes off,
Meantime another hand should be pre-
parlng dose Of physic, which should
be from one-half to three-fourths of al
ounce Of aloes, This, ifput into water
by itself, will not dissolve, but, if pu
into pint Of warm water in which 6
heaping tablespoonful of saleratus has
been dissolved, the aloes will dissolve
and the saleratus will be useful as al
antiseptic to stop the fermentation tt
this can be added some molasses t(
make it more palatable.
Should the animal seem to be il
much pain give two ounces of laudanun
or an ounce Of either, or half an ounce
Of chloroform.
Should the physic not operate in al
hour, or half an hour, if 1t is very Sc
we're case, repeat the dose, keeping VI
the injections during the time.
There is structure from kinklng o
the bowels, there will be no help. The
lecturer had known a horse to die il
thirty minutes, in spite Of all efforts
Aconite is sometimes given to cure
collie, but it was Of ne value nor is sal
or vinegar, or both, Of use. Chalk ant
vinegar, which are sometimes given
the chalk first and then the vinegar
will alone produce cole, and SHOULD
never be given, as the effervescenct
may give pressure sufficient to burs
the bowels. In no event take out tn,
animal and run or trot him about, no
rub his belly with chestnut rail.
The course sometimes adopted 0
laying the horse on his side and get
ing heavy man with thick boots t,
walk across him, back and forth, is ais,
useless and cruel in the extreme. |
the horse can be saved, it will be by tn
use of injections and physic.