BELL Y-BAND — BITING 



It is essential that all bedding should be well turned over 

 every day, and the damp portions dried by exposure to the 

 air if they are not too much soiled for further use. The 

 discarded litter should be replaced by an equal amount of 

 clean, which ought to be thoroughly mixed with it, so as to 

 ensure the horse getting a good bed to lie upon. 



Belly-band. — The strap which keeps the pad of the 

 harness in its place and buckles under the belly. (See 

 Harness^ Pad.) 



Big Head or Osteoporosis is a swelling of the bones of 

 the nose which considerably increases the size of the lower 

 part of the head. The bones become porous and brittle, and 

 general weakness supervenes, often accompanied by lameness. 

 Bad pasture is believed to be a chief cause of the disease, 

 which usually terminates fatally. 



Treatment. — Place the horse in a loose box by himself and 

 give him a mild dose of opening physic, such as linseed oil. 

 Keep him on mashes and green food, into which one dram of 

 sulphate of iron is mixed duly. Also be careful to supply 

 him with salt to lick. 



Bishopping is a fraudulent operation performed by 

 copers upon the teeth of horses in order to make the 

 animals appear of a different age to that they actually are. 

 (See Coper ^ 



Bites. — See Viciousness. 



Biting. — A horse that is given to the use of his teeth 

 upon other animals or his clothing is always a source of 

 vexation, if not of positive danger, to his owner. Of 

 course, a muzzle supplies an obvious check to the vice, 

 but it is impossible that this can always be in use. The 

 best thing to do is to stand the biter in an end stall, and 



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