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with a solution of one part CURINE to four parts 

 water; cover the wound carefully with a pad of 

 oakum saturated in the same solution, and apply 

 a roller bandage. Repeat once a day until a thin 

 layer of new horn has grown over the exposed 

 parts. The animal may now be shod, first cover 

 the frog with a pad of oakum held in place by a 

 piece of leather covering the foot and nailed on 

 with the shoe. Give slow work for a couple of 

 weeks. 



DISTEMPER. 



Distemper appears as a fever and lasts for a few 

 days, with formation of matter in the lungs and 

 air tubes, which may form abscesses in various 

 parts of the body. It is an infectious disease, but 

 it generally leaves the animal in as healthy a form 

 as before, and also 'from future trouble of the same 

 kind. 



CAUSES. — Young horses from one to five years 

 of age are more subject to this disease than older 

 animals, and as it is infectious, it is very often 

 brought about by the colt being placed in a stable 

 with older horses that may be bearers of some in- 

 fectious disease. Standard and thoroughbred 

 horses are more apt to contract the disease at an 

 earlier age than heavier or more sluggish animals. 



SYMPTOMS.— The coat becomes dry, the hair 

 stands on end, appetite may or may not be dimin- 

 ished; horse may have chills in different parts of 

 the body, fever, and pulse becomes high; eyes and 

 mouth are of a reddish color. The colt may sneeze 

 and cough, and at the end of a couple of days a thin 

 watery discharge from the nostrils takes place, 

 and later it becomes thicker and of a yellowish 

 color. In a couple of days after the discharge has 

 taken place you will notice a swelling under the 

 jaw which will gradually form an abscess, break 

 open and discharge. At the end of four or five 

 days th« discharge lessens; the animal regains his 

 appetite and is himself again. 



