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7. Bastard Strangles. 



This generally follows simple strangles or distemper. 



Causes. — To use a common expression it is the result of 

 the disease being "driven in." The matter from the abscess 

 instead of being discharged is absorbed by the blood and thus 

 permeates and affects the whole system. 



Symptoms. — Abscesses similar to that which appears in 

 the throat during the development of distemper are liable to 

 make their appearance upon any part of the body — about the 

 shoulder, neck, flank or hips. Otherwise the symptoms are 

 very similar to those outlined in the previous section. 



Treatment. — The treatment should be directed towards 

 ridding the blood of the poison. The abscesses will continue 

 to form until this is accomplished. Give the same medicine, 

 bathe, poultice, rub and apply the white liniment to these 

 lumps to bring them to a head and thus commence the 

 discharge. It is sometimes necessary to lance them with this 

 object in view. We have met cases in which during the 

 progress of the disease discharge took place at forty or fifty 

 different points, dependent of course upon the amount of 

 poison in the blood. 



In addition to the treatment as here outlined we advise 

 the giving of a dessertspoonful of hyposulphite of soda in 

 the feed three times a day. The dose should be regulated to 

 the conditions of the animal treated, as this is for a fully 

 developed horse under ordinary conditions. 



8. Pink Eye (Epizootic Cellulitis). 



Pink eye affects the cellular tissue under the skin, and 

 like other fevers of the horse, runs a course which takes from 

 six to nine days, and, as a general thing, if treated properly, 

 terminates favorably. 



Causes. — It is due to germs which float about in the air, 

 and when once it gains a foothold it spreads all over the 

 country from one horse to another. There was a serious out- 

 break between 1875 and 1880, which affected horses in every 

 part of the country. 



Symptoms. — The animal becomes dull and feverish, and 

 the eyes are red and swollen, afterward turning to a pinkish 

 color, from which the disease receives its name — pink eye. 

 The appetite is poor and the temperature runs from 103 to 

 105 degrees. The mouth is hot and dry, and there is a falling 



