POITOU ASS 



a i-ounce dose of chlorodyne may alleviate it. If none of the 

 above medicines are at hand, give the whites of a couple of 

 eggs in milk. 



Opium is often given to a horse in mistake. 



Symptoms. — Great drowsiness, weak, slow pulse, slow 

 breathing, and bad smelling breath, followed by increased 

 drowsiness and convulsions. 



Treatment. — Endeavour to make the horse move about 

 so as to shake off the drowsiness ; frequent large quantities of 

 strong tea or coffee, which may be given as enemas if he 

 cannot swallow them. 



Strychnine.— Symptoms. — Severe twitching, ending in 

 spasms and convulsions. 



Treatment. — Two ounces of chloral hydrate dissolved in 

 water, or very large doses (about 3 pints) of brandy or whisky 

 in water. If chloroform is at hand the horse may be given 

 a little on a cloth to smell. 



Yew. — Although horses do not fall as frequent victims 

 to yew poisoning as cattle do, cases sometimes occur with 

 fatal and very sudden results. 



Symptoms. — Considerable pain in the belly, which swells 

 a good deal, the horse being very restless and often throwing 

 himself about. There is also weak breathing and coldness 

 of the limbs. 



Treat me?it. — A strong dose of castor oil, or 2 ounces of 

 oil of turpentine in 1 pint of linseed oil. 



Poitou Ass. — These asses sometimes attain a height of 

 15 hands, and some possess as much as 9 inches of bone 

 below the knee. Their ears are enormously large ; so large, 

 indeed, that they cannot be carried upright, but are carried 

 poking out at the sides of the head, and the hair on the 

 insides of the ears takes the form of a series of curls, called 

 cadenettes, which are regarded as a sign of pure breeding. 

 The usual colours are dark brown and black, but greys are 



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