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AZOTURIA. 



Another common and quite fatal disease is azoturia. After your horse 

 has stood for a few days on high feed and is then taken out for a drive, 

 he is found to be prompt for a short distance but soon begins to lag, 

 sweats profusely and begins to stiffen behind, or perchance in front, 

 and soon goes down to be drawn away, for he is not able to rise. Pre- 

 vention is best in this disease. Do not let a horse stand in the barn on 

 its usual full feed without any exercise, or its counterpart in certain 

 kinds of medicine. When such disease does appear, a purge will have 

 to be given to remove the rich nitrogenous material from the system. 



WOUNDS. 



In these days of barb wire fences we are often called upon to treat 

 wounds of a more or less serious nature caused by unfriendly contact 

 with the wire. In such cases, do not lose your head and think your horse 

 is going to bleed to death just because he is losing a little blood, but 

 examine the wound and see just where blood is issuing, whether from 

 a vein or artery and then, if necessary, pressure can be applied above 

 or below the wound in order to cut off the blood supply. In handling 

 the wound have clean hands, use a clean dish of clean water, and wrap 

 with a clean bandage. The cobwebs, so often recommended, have no 

 place in surgery. If the blood is not easily stopped, cover the wound 

 with a piece of cotton batting and then put on a Mndage and draw it 

 tight. Leave this in place for a day or two and then carefully remove 

 and if you have a water supply turn the hose on the wound, dry it 

 and dust on boracic acid. Of course, in wounds of large extent stitches 

 will have to be put in. 



CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



Of the contagious diseases of horses, I desire to mention but one, and 

 that is glanders. Thanks to the vigilance of our sanitary laws, this 

 disease is of rare occurrence now, our State livestock commission having 

 to deal with but a dozen or so cases a year. Not all the cases of snotty 

 noses are glanders, but when this persists for months and there are sores 

 on the legs or body and the horse is unthrifty, the case is suspicious 

 and advice should be sought at once. If found to be glanders, the ani- 

 mal should be killed and the stall or barn in which the horse was located 

 and every article that in any way directly or indirectly came in contact 

 with the horse should be disinfected. 



In conclusion, I desire to urge upon all a proper attention to the feed 

 ration of the horse, for I realize that in this lies our greatest source of dis- 

 ease. Treat the horse humanely and remember that he is but slightly 

 removed from the human. Then as you would nurse and care for one of 

 your family, use the same principles in combatting the diseases of the 

 horse and you will have less sickness with which to deal. 



