The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-01-21
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Diseases of the Horse.


Horses are liable to many ailments, and
some that run their course very rapidly.
It is not possible within the limits of this
article, to discuss them, and their treat
ment should be left in the hands of the
veterinary surgeon To treat diseases en-
pirically is highly Objectionable, either for
man or beast. 1t Is better to maintain
health by careful and regular feeding, clean
illness and the avoidance of draughts and
chills, than to have to resort to doctorlng.
Should horse seem unwell, little jude
ious indctioR is often the best course. A
days rest, stoppage of the grain rations,
and restraint in the matter of hay, will be
likely to put him quite right again. Three
bran mashes, given on alternate nights, in
which one ounce flowers of sulphur, one
ounce cream of tartar, one ounce nitre and
one-quarter ounce of black anthony have
been mixed will probably cure trifing all
ments and be specially useful for hide
bound, surfeit, itchiness of the skin, cracked
heels or similar disorders, and, in eonjune-
ton with topical treatment, effect cure.
If there is indigestion and its consequent
fiatulence, the addition to each mash of one
ounce of ground ginger viii be useful.
An unthrifty horse viii receive great
benefit from three ounces cold-drawn lin
seed oil, given every alternate night, for a
fortnight, in cold mash. 1t will not pro-
duce any immediate effect, but in month
the skin should be soft, loose and glossy,
and manifest improvement in flesh be
visible. Boiled barley, in which little
molasses is mixed, is fine help in bringing
horse into flesh.
Young horses, when shedding their teeth,
or cutting the bride teeth; and older ones,
when put on higher feeding than they are
accustomed to, sometimes suffer from a
swelling of the mouth called Lampds The
ridges or bars project below the teeth, and
prevent or interfere with mastication. For
constitutional treatment, give the mashes
previously described, and either scarify the
bars with sharp knife, or rub them with
stick of lunar caustic. Horses to whom
the mashes have been given, and whose
mouths have had no other treatment than
frequent rubbings with coarse dry salt, have
rapidly got rid of the lampas. Other
sweIlings Of the mouth, or rather inside the
cheek, called bags, or .'barbs, can be re-
duced in the same way.
Attacks of collie most frequently are the
result of carelessness, and generally may be
traced to horse having drank cold water
when heated, or Immediately after being
fed, BY being gorged with food after long
fasting, or being chilled by currents Of cold
air. Some horses are constitutionally more
liable to It than Others The first symp
toms are a general fidgetiness accompanied
by lifting OF the feet, very quickly, followed
by violent rolling. These symptoms also
indicate other disorders, requiring very diff
ferent treatment from colo. There are two
that distinguish collie from Inflammation Of
the bowels In the former, the horse viii
strike his belly violently with his feet, and
viii feed between the paroxysms Of pain !;
but in the latter, though he may lift his
feet, he win not strike, and the pain Is con-
tiuous.
When cole symptoms are accompanied
by constipation, the first care mus be to
empty the bowels by back rakiig and
injections Of warm water Here. clearly,
the stimulating measures proper to ilatnlent
cole would be inappropriate, aud most ike
" produce inflammation Of the bowels.
FIasulent colo Is the more frequent and
sudden form, requiring prompt treatment
and perhaps with what may be at hand in
t country place, A horse got quickly
well after the administration Of one-qaarier
pint Of gin, and two ounces of ground
ginger mixed with water to fila soda water
bottle, from which it was poured down his
throat. Equal parts Of whisky and milk,
and from half pint to pint Al n time has
been useful A veterinary prescription for
collie, IS: Spirits of turpentine, four ounces (;
hnseed oil, twelve ounces; laudanum, one
and one-quarter ounce, to be mixed, and
given every hour until the pain ceases.
Bathing the belly with hot water, and frie-
ton are both useful. If horse IS led
about quietly, not galloped, as win be done
BY ignorant grooms, it win aid the action of
the medicine, aud prevent horse frum
hurting himself By rolling, as he win be apt
to do, during the paroxysms Of pain,
Worms are Jete Aoir 70 horse owners
and probably get credit for doing more mis-
chief than they really cause. They are
chiefly of two kinds one, pinkish in color
and like an angle worm, in appearance, and
the other much smaller, and resembling a
short piece Of thick thread, or fine twine
The first Is chiefly found in the small IN
testines. and the latter in the parts near
the vent A horse infested with the larger
kind Of worms viii have an irregular appe-
tite. eating voraciously at times. but with
ont deriving benefit from his food and Is
apt to be weak and thin, showing that Ger
tain sign of unthrift, a starting coat Il Is
this variety that Is most mischievons the
smaller ones being more annoying than in
furious, causing, as they do, very consider
able itching and irritation A scurfy APP
pearanee about the vent, and under the tail
indicates the presence of worms.
A medicine composed of two draehms of
powdered sulphate Of iron, and oEe-half
drachm Of ginger mixed with liaseed meal
into pill, to be given every morning for a
week. and followed By a dose Of hnseed oil,
Is a recognized mode Of treatment for the
larger pink worms The smaller ones are
hest dislodged by the daily injection Of q
pint Of Iinseed oil mixed with little tur-
pentine Occasional washes are useful. a.
the appetite aud bowels may indicate.
Bots may be killed by giving medicines
sufficiently strong to be fatal TO the horse,
and so get rid Of both together Their at
taehmenf to the stomach is mechanical, and
they viii remain their until the season of
their escape arrives To Prere't them, let
the eggs from which they proceed, and may
be seen as yellow nits attached to the hairs
Of the legs, and some parts Of the body in
summer, be removed, 50 that the horse can
not GET them into his stomach by licking
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