HORSES: THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



Sy))iptoi)is. ~\ short, suppressed, and paiiitiil cough, fever, 

 standing in a hstless manner, loss of appetite, and, during the 

 early stages, a friction or dry-rubbing soiuid will be heard if 

 the ear be placed against the chest wall. Horse sometimes 

 grunts if threatened with a stick or the hand. As there is 

 danger of dropsy of the chest taking place, professional aid is 

 desirable. Two chstinct forms of pneumonia attack the horse, 

 viz., contagious and non-contagious. One or both lungs may 

 be the seat of diseased activity. 



ACUTE PULMONARY CONGESTION. 



Unconditioned horses occasionally fall victims to this 

 engorged condition of the lungs. Unless relief be afforded, it 

 proves speedily fatal. Free blood-letting is most efficient, unless 

 the constitutional stamina of the animal forbids the adoption of 

 this line of treatment. Sometimes it occurs through shutting 

 horses up, whilst w^et, in a closed stable. 



Rapid breathing, beating of the flanks, with pulse of lOO 

 or so per minute, and anxious facial expression, are some of the 

 more significant signs of the malady. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES 



(BRONCHITIS). 



\Mien accompanied by fever it is usual to speak of bron- 

 chitis as " acute " ; the absence of febrile symptoms conferring 

 the title " chronic " bronchitis, and sometimes as " chronic 

 cough " — an ambiguous expression. Briefly, bronchitis means 

 inflammation of the bronchial tubes, and the smaller the tubes 

 that are affected, the more serious the malady. Acute bronchitis 

 frequently leads up to inflammation of the lungs. 



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