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your hand with sweet oil and force the bowels back throug^h the 

 hole into their natural cavity, sew up the cut that was made to let 

 the testicle out and this will keep the bowels from coming- down; 

 keep the animal very quiet and feed on soft food to keep his 

 bowels loose» Swelling- will take place, and between the ^welling 

 and the stitchtis it will keep the bowels in their place and the hole 

 will heal up, and there will be no more trouble with the rupture. 

 In a case ot this kind it is best to keep the clamp on a day or two 



longer than you would if the animal was all right. 



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THE FAITY LINING OF THE BOWELS COMING DOWN A TER 

 CASTRATION. 



In some cases where there is a very slight rupture which is 

 not noticed during castration, and after the animal is let up and 

 walks around, in a few hours the fatty lining of the bowels comes 

 out — it may be out from six inches to two feet. 



Symptoms. — When you go to see the colt there will be 

 something hanging from the cut, generally of red color, and 

 when you feel it, it is of a fatty feeling and the animal does not 

 seem to take any notice of it at all ; he feeds away and seems in 

 perfect health. 



Treatment. — Take a scissors and cut it off; there is no 

 danger of bleeding or any trouble, and watch that there is no 

 more comes out. 



ABSCESSES FORMED IN SCROTUM AFTER CASTRATION. 



This generally comes in a case where the animal is all healed 

 up and seems to be doing very nicely. 



Causes. — Some dried matter; a dead piece of the cord or a sliver 

 being left in the scrotum after it is healed. This causes an 

 irritation, starts it to fester and forms an abscess. 



Symptoms. — There will be heat, pain and swelling around the 

 scrotum or bag, and the animal will walk very stiff in his hind 

 legs. 



Treatment. — Poultice and bathe well, rub with weak white 

 liniment. This will bring the abscess to a head, then lance it and 

 allow the matter to run out, or in some cases the poultice will 

 bring: it to a head and it will break of its own accord. 



