PART VII. DISEASES OF ANIMALS 



Abscess of Parotid Gland. 



My horse has had a bad cold and it has a large lump on its neck 

 zvhich keeps running and does not seem to get any better; it has been 

 running for two weeks. 



This horse has an abscess of the parotid gland and the abscess 

 should be opened large enough so that the finger can be introduced 

 to break down adhesions, so that proper drainage can be established, 

 after which wash out with a 5 per cent solution of permanganate of 

 potash. As this is a dangerous location for a layman to interfere 

 with, owing to the branching of the carotid artery, pneumogastric 

 nerve and jugular vein, it should be done by a qualified veterinarian. 



Forage Poisoning. 



Last fall one of our horses zvas taken ill and had a swollen jaw. 

 He died soon and we supposed that he had been kicked and died of 

 lockjaw. This spring another was taken ill. He began dragging around, 

 tnaking an effort to eat and drink, but not being able to swallow much. 

 Something seemed zvrong zvith his throat and his hind legs. In two or 

 three days he got dozvn, seeming to have no strength in his back. He 

 kept struggling for two days, not being able to swallow much; so we 

 put him out of his misery. Since then two others have gone off tlw 

 same way. 



The trouble is due to forage poisoning, caused by the eating 

 food infested with poisonous moulds. The symptoms are inability to 

 swallow (paralysis of the muscles of deglutition) and paresis of the 

 hind and forequarters. When the symptoms become advanced, treat- 

 ment is of little avail. However, further troubles can be prevented 

 by ascertaining the food which is infested with this mould. Ofttimes, 

 however, such food may be apparently clean to the eye. Make a 

 complete change of food and a thorough cleaning of your stable 

 and corrals of all old fodder which might be in the mangers, or in 

 any accessible place. Very frequently old food which is left in the 

 bottom of mangers becomes mouldy, and horses picking for grain 

 which might be left in it, eat considerable quantities of this spoiled 

 fodder, get poisoned. 



*This division is largely compiled from the writings of Dr. E. J. 

 Creely of the San Francisco Veterinary College. 



