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swallowing. In addition to this hand rub the throat well 

 around the gullet and apply white liniment five or six times a 

 day until better. 



20. Choking With Oats. 



This is generally found in old horses that are very greedy 

 feeders and not used to getting oats regularly. 



Causes. — A horse having been out at pasture then 

 brought in and given a feed of oats sometimes goes at it very 

 greedily, fills his mouth and tries to swallow it without chew- 

 ing it properly, thus causing him to choke. 



A Horse Choking with Oats. 



Symptoms. — He refuses to eat his oats. Examine the 

 box and there is very little of the oats gone. He slobbers at 

 the mouth and coughs. Watch him for a few minutes. He 

 gags and draws the muscles of the neck stiff and bends the 

 neck down as if he were trying to force it up from his throat. 

 He takes violent fits of coughing for a few minutes, and in 

 some cases he throws out a frothy substance probably mixed 

 with a few oats. These symptoms continue until he is 

 relieved. 



Treatment. — In some cases a drench of raw linseed oil 

 will work around the oats and make them slippery so that he 

 will be able to cough them out or swallow them down. It is 

 also well to hand rub him along the neck, and thus help to 

 start the oats down to the stomach. He generally gets 

 entirely over it in a few hours. After a few hours, if not 



