DISEASES OF HORSES 



GENERAL SYMPTOMS. 



Abdomen sensitive to pressure; pain continuous in bowels; high fever; pulse 

 hard and rapid; horse hates to lie down and before doing so stands with 

 feet together, legs partially bent and hesitates before going down. 

 Inflammation of the Bowels, Page 163. 



Afterbirth is detached within a few hours after foaling. Removing Placenta. 



Appetite changeable ; hair rough ; signs of ill health ; passage of worms. 

 Intestinal Worms, Page 167. 



Appetite gone; sluggishness; pawing now and then; general uneasiness. 

 Indigestion, Page 167. 



Breathing difficult; perspiring freely; trembles violently if forced to go; 

 staggers and seems unconscious until he falls ; attack usually occurs when 

 the horse is exercising soon after feeding. Stomach Staggers, Page 177. 



Breathing labored ; nostrils standing open because of double hitch in breath- 

 ing; often a deep moist cough and frequent discharges from the nose; 

 cannot work hard without stopping frequently to breathe. Heaves, 

 Page 167. 



Breathing quickened ; cough ; chill followed by a fever which increases grad- 

 ually; rapid pulse; rattling sound in the lungs detected by putting the 

 ear to the chest. Pneumonia, Page 171. 



Belly. Swelling of before foaling. Dropsy, Page 163. 



Bleeding from cracks and chaps on back part of pastern in cold weather; 

 hollow of pastern is swollen. Scratches, Page 175. 



Bone broken and displaced; part cannot be used; a grating sound can be 

 heard when the bone is moved; the broken bone may be felt; pain and 

 swelling. Fractures, Page Page 166. 



Bones of head becoming larger and lighter; face full and round; later the 

 legs are affected and there is some inflammation. Big Head, Page 153. 



Bowels move often and pass a thin, watery manure. Diarrhea, Page 162. 



Breathing with a roaring or whistling sound. Roaring, Page 173. 



Bunch. Bony bunch usually on side of joint; severe lameness; pastern joint 

 swollen, heated, tender. Ringbone, Page 173. 



Bunch on back of hock following some inflammation of part ; sometimes 

 lameness. Curb, Page 162. 



Cavity in the flesh from which issues pus for a long time ; does not heal 

 readily. Fistula, Page 163. 



Chill followed by fever; great pain; pulse full and hard; movement difficult 

 and stiff; walks on heels. Founder, Page 164. 



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