HORSES: THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



General Management. — Give light and easily digested food. 

 Avoid musty hay, new oats, over-heated fodder of any kind. 

 If diuretic balls or turpentine have been the cause — because 

 these are so much abused — stop giving them at once. Horse 

 keepers should always bear in mind that it is a very bad plan 

 to make a practice of giving horses a weekly or bi-weekly ball, 

 containing diuretic drugs. Such a practice predisposes to kidney 

 affections, and makes the horse soft in muscle, and easily done 

 up. 



THRUSH OF THE MOUTH. 



The mouths of foals and adult horses are frequently the 

 seat of inflammation, the simplest form of which occurs 

 amongst foals following their dam. The owner's attention 

 may be directed to the foal's mouth, through the young animal 

 having a difficulty in sucking. When the mouth is examined 

 red patches will be seen about the cheeks and roof, and perhaps 

 blisters here, as well as on the tongue. Very frequently there 

 are small grey-like masses of matter within the mouth, having 

 a most unpleasant odour. 



In adult horses, the mouth usually shows the disorder in 

 the vesicular (bhster) form, less frequently as collection of 

 matter (pustules). There is an infectious form of this disease. 



These little blisters are situated upon the cheeks, sides 

 and surface of the tongue, etc. Very shortly they burst, and 

 leave a raw surface, doubtless exceedingly sore, rendering masti- 

 cation difficult and painful. When the blisters are closely 

 packed together, through numerity, they frequently fuse, 

 (coalesce), producing larger sores. 



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