DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. 107 



PROTRUSION OF THE RECTUM OR BACK BOWEL. 



This is often met with and is a miserable loolving" sig'ht, 

 especially if it is left out long" and it becomes swollen. 



Causes. — From a horse jumpino^ a fence and getting- caug^ht 

 and lyings on his belly half over the fence ; or in cases where 

 the animal g^ets very much bloated, as in wind colic or acute in- 

 dig-estion, and the bowels get pressed out. It has been seen in 

 cases of diarrhoea, and one great cause of this is constipation of 

 the bowels, where the animal strains to pass manure and, in so 

 doing-, turns the rectum out. It is turned out sometimes when 

 the mare is foaling, and sometimes in castrating- an old stallion, 

 where he forces very much. 



Symptoms. — You will see from three or four inches, and, in 

 some cases, two feet of the bowel. 



Treatment. — Wash the bowel well with luke warm water, and 

 then place a twitch on the horse's nose and have one of his front 

 legs held up so he cannot kick ; have the tail held out of the road, 

 then take sweet oil and oil the bowel all over ; commence return- 

 ing the bowel at the anus, as you have to turn the bowel inside 

 out ; shove the parts well back in with the hand and arm, and 

 have someone to hold his tail down tight for an hour or so until 

 he quits forcing, after the bowel is replaced. It is also well to 

 have his hind end raised, by means of straw or boards under his 

 hind feet. Give the following dose of medicine to work on his 

 bowels and relieve the pain : 



Raw Linseed Oil I pint. 



Tincture of Laudanum .... 1 ounce or 4 talilespoonfuls. 



Shake well together and give as a drench. Feed the horse 



on soft feed with lots of boiled linseed in it to keep the bowels 



loose. If the case is caused by constipation of the bowels, give : 



Bitter Aloes S drams. 



Ginger 1 tablespoonful. 



Common Soda 1 " 



Mix with a pint of luke warm water and give as a drench. 



PERITONITIS. 



This is inflamm.ition of the serous membrane fo .nd lining- 

 the inside of the belly and over the outside of the bou-els. 



Causes. — It is generally caused from exposure to cold after 

 some weakening disjase. This disease is also noticed to come 

 after the colt has bjen castrated and he has been left out in a 

 cold rain or walked throu.>";h a river when warm atter castration, 



