DYSPEPSIA. 513 



DYSPEPSIA. 



Symptoms The horse shows an unthrifty condition, and 

 dry, pin-feathered coat; ms body shrivels and contracts; has a dry- 

 sounding cough, mostly noticed after meals, especially when he has 

 just made a hearty one on foul litter, which he is quite apt to do, 

 though at other times he is quite fastidious. An offensive breath 

 is common, and the excrement also has an unpleasant smell, and is 

 variable in color and consistence ; often hard and covered with 

 slime ; at other times soft, when the presence of worms can be 

 detected. The urine is scanty, and either colored or thickened with 

 foreign material ; in fact, both the functions of excretion and secre- 

 tion are impaired. 



Kennedies 1. A change of food is one of the best means 

 that can be employed for the cure of this disease, as all domestic 

 animals suffer in health if constantly fed on the same articles of 

 food. To prevent cattle and sheep losing their condition, their 

 pasture is changed from time to time ; yet horses are expected to 

 go on eating hay and oats for years together, without injury to 

 health, and at the same time exposed to a very irregular amount of 

 exercise. 



When proper attention is paid to the frequent change of food, 

 the appetite will seldom fail in a horse of good constitution; if 

 he is regularly worked the dyspeptic stomach generally is restored 

 to its proper tone. 



2. Evaporate the liqujd substance from beef -gall ; give of the 

 wax a piece as large as a grain of wheat, three times a day for ten 

 days. This will be found to produce most satisfactory results. 



3. A run at grass is one of the best means of effecting a 

 permanent cure. At the same time give a tablespoonful in soft feed, 

 night and morning, of the following: 



Sulphate of iron, , ^ ounce. 



Nitrate of potash, 1 ounce. 



Fengreek seed, 2 drachms. 



Linseed meal, 2 ounces. 



Powder and mix with the food. 



DYSENTERY. 



Symptoms An advanced stage of diarrhea. The amount 

 of mucus surrounding the feces will give evidence of the inflam- 

 mation. The discharges may or may not be bloody. 



Remedies Kice water should be the sole drink in diarrhea 

 or dysentery. 



1. For dysentery in colts, steep a handful of the inner bark of 

 white oak in a quart of boiling water. When cold, give half a 

 teacupful every night and morning, and increase or make stronger 

 as needed. This is one of the best remedies in use for checking the 



