DISEASES OF HORSES TREATMENT 167 



Heaves. 



This is really a continuous affection of the breathing m'uscles which leads 

 to paralysis of them. It is usually found where improper food, such as dry 

 clover, or damaged feed is given. Horses are affected much as people are 

 with asthma. This is not a fatal disease. It could be avoided if young horses 

 were driven correctly and not over driven at the beginning. 



Symptoms. There is a catchy moving in the flanks while breathing, also 

 a grunting cough. Anyone can detect heaves although stramonium, if placed 

 in the mouth, will allay it. The lungs lose their elasticity. Indigestion often 

 accompanies heaves. Be careful in buying a horse that he is not "doped" with 

 certain things which makes it hard to detect the ailment for several hours. 



Treatment. In old cases there is no cure. Wetting the hay and grain 

 relieves it and enables the horse to work more efficiently. 



A tablespoonful of baking soda given to the horse before a drive will 

 enable it to travel well. A diet of chopped carrots, potatoes or turnips is good. 

 Fowler's solution of arsenic, following directions, also gives relief. Give a 

 teaspoonful of oil of tar in a pint of warm water. 



Impure Blood. (See Cattle Department, page 88). 



Indigestion. 



There are two kinds acute or that coming quickly, and chronic, the form 

 developed by continuous irritation. It is usually caused by improper feeding, 

 so prevention is the easiest and most logical thing. Weak digestive organs, 

 improper food, bad teeth, worms, working too soon after feeding, are all 

 causes. 



Symptoms. Irregular appetite, refusing food at times and at other times 

 being greedy, loss of flesh, passed grain, and colicky pains are signs. 



Treatment. Put teeth in good shape. 



For worms give 1 tablespoonful of turpentine. 



Equal parts of ginger, baking soda, and powdered gentian thoroughly 

 mixed. Give one heaping tablespoonful morning and evening before feeding. 

 Dissolve in l / 2 pint of water and give as a drench. 



Digestive Tonic. One heaping tablespoonful of the following well mixed : 

 Glauber's salt, 2 pounds ; common salt, 1 pound ; baking soda, Y* pound. 



Inflammation of the Kidneys. (See Cattle Department, page 89). 



Insects and Snake Bites. (See Cattle Department, page 90). 



Intestinal Worms. 



There are a number of different kinds of worms which infest the diges- 

 tive tract of horses. They are usually more prevalent in the large bowel. 

 They are known as: tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, pinworms, stomach 

 worms and strongyles. They are often passed from the body in bunches. 



Symptoms. Colicky pains, poor appetite, constipation, or diarrhea are 

 indications that a horse has worms. These symptoms with worms in the 

 manure are proof the horse has worms. 



