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work is over. Green food, carrots especially, are 

 always useful. They are readily digested, and are 

 peculiarly beneficial to the respiratory organs. On 

 the contrary, bloating, flatulent, poor feed, will tend 

 to increase and may even occasion, broken wind. 

 The horse should not be worked soon after a full 

 meal. 



Bronchitis. 



From exposure to wet and cold ; sudden changes 

 of weather ; turning the horse into a cold wet place 

 or bringing him from grass to a warm stable ; stand- 

 ing in a draft of cold air, or washing the warm 

 sweating skin and not drying it afterwards, an inflam- 

 mation of the bronchial tubes and minute air-cells 

 takes place, meriting the name of BRONCHITIS 



SYMPTOMS. The disease generally begins with a 

 slight cough, quick breathing, sore throat, low 

 spirits, dislike of food, slight discharge from the nos- 

 trils, pain of the throat when pinched, and some 

 difficulty of swallowing. Tn some cases, it comes on 

 suddenly with shaking ; the legs, ears, and muzzle 

 are at one time hot and at another cold ; the skin is 

 rough and staring ; the head hung down ; mouth 

 hot; the animal remains standing, and does not wish 

 to move ; pulse is full and quick ; the cough short, 

 frequent, and irritating; the breathing quick and 

 difficult: the eyes and nose red, and rattles are 

 heard in the windpipe at the breast. A profuse dis- 

 charge of matter from the nostrils indicates the 

 period from which improvement commences. 



