DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. 205' 



Treatment. — If you notice it as soon as it begins to form 

 matter, bathe well two or three times a day, and each time after 

 bathing rub the parts with white liniment ; if matter forms, open 

 the swelling up at the very lowest part so as to let the matter run 

 out, then bathe, as above mentioned, and pour hot green salve 

 right into the hole. In a case where the discharge of matter 

 smells very bad, and you think the bone is diseased, throw the 

 animal, cut down to the diseased bone and scrape it, then treat with 

 green salve by pouring it into the cut twice a day after bathing.. 

 Both this disease and poll evil, in bad cases, are tedious to'treat. 

 In dressing the wound always put a twitch on the horse's nose if 

 he is very ugly. If there is a thickening after you have the parts 

 healed up, rub the parts with acid liniment ; apply the liniment 

 every third day after bathing with luke warm water and salt until, 

 the thickening is all gone down. 



SWEENY (SHOULDER SLIP). 



This is a common occurrence in young horses. 



Causes. — It is more likely to occur in young horses than in 

 old ones. It may be caused in ploughing, when the plough 

 strikes solid against anything, causing a sudden jerk; or in 

 horses that are used on a tongue and the wheel passes over a 

 stone or rough piece of ground, swinging the end of the tongue 

 around, causing the neckyoke to jerk and bruise the shoulder. 

 Anything that will bruise the muscle of the shoulder will bring 

 it on. 



Symptoms. — They are well marked. As soon as the horse 

 receives the injury there will be a slight swelling and soreness of 

 the part, afterwards there is a wasting away of the muscles that 

 are injured. It is generally the muscles lying over the shoulder 

 blade that become affected with this disease, and in some cases 

 the muscles fall away until there is a large hollow over the 

 shoulder blade. In some cases the horse is not very lame, but 

 goes a little stiff. 



Treatment. — If the animal is at very heavy work, change it 

 to light v/ork, and if you can allow him to run without work so 

 much the better. Bathe the parts well with cold water and salt 

 every night if in the summer; after bathing, wipe dry and hand 

 rub and pull the skin out on the hollow; this is to get the skin 

 loose from the muscle. Every third day after bathing apply the 

 acid liniment in and around the hollow part of the shoulder ; this 



