WOUNDS OF ANIMALS AND THEIR TREATMENT 



BY 



Drs. N. S. Mayo and W. W. Dimock 



Chief and first assistent respectively, of the Department of Animal Industry. 



Wounds of animáis are so common and their proper 

 treatment so little understood by the ordinary stock owner, 

 that this circular is written with the hope that it may lessen 

 the severe loss to stock owners that results from wounds im- 

 properly treated. Many horses and mules die from tetanus 

 (lockjaw) caused by the germs of this disease entering the 

 animal's body through small wounds. Blood poisoning and 

 gangrene also result from the same cause, and a great loss 

 results because animáis are unable to work on account of 

 wounds that do not heal promptly. An intelligent treatment 

 ofthe wounds of animáis not only lessens the danger of death 

 but enables the animal to return to its accustomed work more 

 quickly and lessens its suffering. 



PREVENTION OF WOUNDS 



Prevention of wounds is always better than the cure and 

 a large percent of the common wounds of animáis can be 

 prevented by the exercise ofcare about the stables, corráis 

 and fences. Loóse pieces of barbed wire, boards with nails, 

 sharp projecting corners ou stables and stalls should be re- 



