DISEASES OF THE HORSE 43 



GREASE HEEL 



Cause: Parasitic fungi invading cracked heels. 



Symptoms: Offensive discharge from the glands un- 

 der the skin, and if not properly treated, red spots will 

 appear, and the yellow discharge will form a hard crust 

 sticking to the roots of the hair. 



Tkeatment: Cleanliness is one of the most impor- 

 tant measures. Also, good nourishing food. If the skin 

 is swollen and tender, poultice with hot Flaxseed Meal or 

 bran. After the swelling and tenderness have abated, 

 wash well with good Castile Soap and Warm Water. 

 Dry with clean cloth and apply the following mixture: 

 Calomel, one dram ; Iodoform, one dram ; Boracic Acid, 

 one ounce. Mix well and apply two to three times a day. 

 Feed green grass, carrots, kale, apples, or potatoes if 

 possible, also feed hot bran mashes. In all cases of 

 Grease Heel give the following physic: Aloin, two 

 drams ; Pulv. Ginger, two drams. Place in a capsule and 

 give with capsule gun. A physic has a very good effect 

 on the blood, which assists materially in healing the 

 cracks and nodules that appear in Grease Heel. 



GLANDERS OR FARCY 



Cause: Due to a specific germ called the Bacillus 

 Malleii, or Bacillus of Glanders. Glanders, or Farcy, is 

 very contagious, and is transmissible to man as well as 

 animals. Cattle and sheep alone are immune. The dis- 

 ease may be contracted at watering troughs, stables, 

 horseshoeing shops, in boats, trains and by harness, bits, 

 curry ^mbs, bedding, pails, etc., as well as by direct con- 

 tact with a diseased animal. 



Symptoms : Animal does not thrive although the ap- 

 petite is good at times ; loss of flesh, and is subject^ to 

 sweats, the hair looks rough, the temperature increasing 

 slightly, perhaps two degrees, a cough is generally 

 present. Legs and abdomen are s^vollen; discharge 

 from the nose, sometimes tinged with blood and very 



