The tread i)f tlie catnel, liko that of tlie eU^pliaiitj has bceu 

 noted as very silent. 



Diseases of the foot. These are mostly duo to injuries and 

 are specially t'recjiient in hilly countries. They were often seen 

 in the Knrani Valley and in Algeria, but are recorded as nob 

 frequent in the Bolau Pass in 1878 (C. Steel). The Algerian 

 Arabs, it seems, in traversing rocky and rough ground cover the 

 foot with rough hide boots (Vallon). Lameness is infrequent in 

 the camel as compared with other baggjige animals. The follow- 

 ing causes of lameuess owing to foot injuries or disorders havo 

 been noted : — 



(«) Overgrown foe nails, sometimes not noticed, must be 

 pared carefully and the hoof slipper reduced to its proper shape. 



(6) Injfammatlou of the el antic pad, causing the feet to swell 

 enormously. 



(c) Whitlow, (jidttor, or guzniah seems to be distinguished by 

 Gilchrist from Tahkne, fistula, but the grounds of distinction 

 are not quite clear. The latter, he tells us, results from 

 journeys over stony gronnd or from puncture, and proves very 

 tedious in treatment. The former generally is due to injury, 

 but often its cause is obscure ; sometimes it causes the toe nails 

 to fall off. The Turkestanis speak of a disease under the name 

 Sarpo as sometimes causing the animal's feet to fall off, but 

 preventible by i*est and good food. There is evidently confu- 

 sion as to pedal lesions of a local character and those due to 

 constitutional causes such as foot and mouth disease. Byrne 

 recommends in treatment of Sarpo to wash the entire leg of 

 the camel from the knee downwards with camel's milk, next 

 sew a leather cover filled with hot mutton fat round the leg, 

 which thus is in a closely fitting mould, and that the animal 

 be rested while the healing takes place, which is a very gi-adual 

 process. Thullee is the name given to puncture of the foot caused 

 by thorns or sharp stones. In all these cases the feet must be 

 kept clean especially by a loose leather boot over the foot, the 

 patient should be kept recumbent as much as possible, and ni neg- 

 lected cases anti-maggot dressings, as 01. Camph., may be needed. 

 We need not specially detail methods of treatment for quittor. 



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