Notes on Diseases of the Horse: Cause, Symptoms and Treatment — John Shaqi
Notes on Diseases of the Horse: Cause, Symptoms and TreatmentKorinek, Charles James
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Notes on Diseases of the Horse: Cause, Symptoms and Treatment
Korinek, Charles James
Horses -- Diseases
TREATMENT.—Prevention. Horses that are driven over muddy, wet roads
should have their legs rubbed dry when stabling them for any length of
time. When the legs are badly swollen wash them with clean warm water
and castile soap and dry them well with a clean soft cloth. Then apply
Zinc Oxide Ointment or a lotion made from Acetate of Lead, one ounce;
Zinc Sulphate, one-half ounce. Place in a quart of clean water and apply
twice daily. Either application is very beneficial in the treatment
of Mud Fever. Feed the animal wheat bran mashes, steamed rolled oats,
vegetables, etc., as they have a very good effect on the system which
aids in relieving the inflammation of the skin.
NASAL GLEET.
(_Chronic Catarrh_)
CAUSE.—Exposure to cold followed by neglect, and lack of nourishing
food; bruise or fracture of the frontal bones of the head; injury of
the blood-vessels inside the bones, or an ulcerated tooth. May also be
caused by tumor, or foreign substance or liquids in the nasal cavities.
Sometimes dried pus in the nostrils, resulting from a cold, will cause
nasal gleet.
SYMPTOMS.—A white or yellowish discharge from one or both of the
nostrils, the quantity varying with the severity of the attack and the
length of time the disease has been established. If, when tapping over
the nose below the eye, a dull sound is produced, it is safe to conclude
that the cavities are filled with pus; to make certain, compare the sick
animal with a healthy one; in some cases you will notice that even the
bones of the nose below the eye are slightly elevated. The lining of the
nose may be of a red or yellow color but not ulcerated in spots, as in
Glanders. The animal may continue in good spirits and work well for a
time but as the case develops he becomes lean in flesh and what is termed
hide-bound. Always examine the teeth. In a case of long standing, the
discharge has a fetid smell, differing in this respect also from Glanders.
TREATMENT.—If not due to fractured bones of the head or ulcerated teeth,
the animal will, in most cases, recover with proper medical treatment.
When due to injury to the bones of the head, tumors, ulcerated teeth
or dried pus in the nasal cavities, it is best to remove the diseased
portion with the aid of bone chisel or tephine and treat the wound
antiseptically. In the mild forms of nasal-gleet or chronic catarrh,
administer the following: Ferri Sulphate, Potassi Iodide, Nux Vomica,
each four ounces. Mix well and make into thirty-two capsules. Give one
capsule three times daily and feed food that is nourishing and easily
digested.
NAVEL STRING INFECTION.
(_Umbilical Pyemia_)
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