DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HOESE 115 



Causes. — Are from a weakened state of the system following 

 some weakening- disease, and it may also be caused from eating 

 musty feed. 



S5'niptoniS.— There is great thirst, the animal drinks large 

 quantities of water. In one case an animal was known to drink 

 thirty-eight gallons of water in five hours. The horse is dull, 

 feeds poorly and passes an abundant amount of water or urine 

 which is of a clear color ; his coat looks dusty, and he becomes 

 hide-bound, and he will gradually pine away till he dies. 



Treatment. — Change his feed, and if in summer time, let him 

 have a run to grass ; if in any other time of the year give him 

 plenty of cooked feed, such as boiled oats or scalded chop stuff ; 

 g-ive him pure water to drink in small quantities, but often, and 

 g"ive the following : 



Tincture of Iodine ^ dram, or ^ teaspoonful. 



Mix in a pint of water, give once a day for four or five days, 



until he seems better. After that follow up with the following 



powders : 



Sulphate of Iron ; i pound. 



Ground Gentian Root ^ '* 



Mix and give a teaspoonful three times a day in his feed or 



on his tongue with a spoon. 



ISCHURIA. 



This is where the horse does not pass urine or water. 



Causes. — ^From the kidneys not acting properly. 



Symptoms. — The horse will not pass any urine. 



Treatment. — Give one ounce, or four tablespoonful doses of 



sweet spirits of nitre three times a day until he makes water, then 



follow up with the following powder : 



Ground Gentian Root J pound. 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre ^ " 



Mix and give a large teaspoonful three times a day in feed 

 until the animal is all right. We also have the disease in another 

 form, the kidneys secrete the urine or water all right, but it is held 

 in the bladder: 



Causes.^ — Spasms or contraction of the neck of the bladder, or 

 calculi or bladder stones will cause it by working up into the neck 

 of the passage, or sometimes from a horse holding his water on 

 account of having no bedding under him, being afraid of splashing 

 his legs. 



