Diseases of Animals 217 



For a Chronic Cough. 



We have a marc seven years old that is troubled ivith a chronic 

 cough, and at times shozvs symptoms of heaves, and also has occasionally 

 a zvhite foamy discharge from the nostrils. She is a greedy cater and 

 drinker and her excreta is often very offensive. 



If she expels flatus when she coughs, this woukl indicate a pre- 

 disposition to heaves. Wet all food, as dry or dusty food aggravates 

 the cough. Give the following: Spirits camphor, 4 ounces; Fl. Ext. 

 belladonna, 2 ounces; neutral oil, 8 ounces; oil eucalyptus, 2 ounces. 

 Mix and give tablespoonful three times daily. 



Chronic Indigestion. 



/ have a mare eleven years old. Give her plenty of oats, hay, grain 

 and a little alfalfa hay three nights per week and leave salt where she 

 can get at it, but she is falling off and her hair does not lie down 

 properly. She eats zuell and her system seems to be in good condition. 

 Have had her teeth attended to so she chcivs her food zvcll. 



This condition is caused by the animal not being able to properly 

 masticate the food. Have your dentist examine the mouth again, or 

 you can carefully examine the feces and see if it shows whole grain, 

 or long pieces of hay. 



For Short-Wind or Heaves. 



/ have a mare that has something zvrong with her wind. About six 

 months ago I noticed her zuind was not good and she had a slight cough, 

 and about a zveek later, while zvorking her, she seemed to choke doivn 

 and almost died before she got her wind, and since then she sometimes 

 takes those spells should she trot off briskly for a short distance. 



Give two K-ounce doses of Fowler's solution arsenic daily. Dusty 

 or musty hay will aggravate the symptoms. Thoroughly shake out the 

 dust and wet the hay. Feed hay only at night. Give the animal as 

 little feed and water as possible before being put to work. Continue 

 this treatment one month if necessary. The following is a case of 

 experience with this treatment: For a remedial agent we began to 

 use Fowler's Solution of Arsenic, in two teaspoonful doses at first, 

 once a day, put in the water with which the hay was moistened. 

 These doses were given for a few days, then skipped for a day, then 

 continued for five or six days again. This treatment has been con- 

 tinued. At times when the trouble was most severe, giving a great 

 spoonful at a dose, twice a day for two days, then stopping for a day 

 or two, always being sure to mix it with the water which the hay 

 is moistened, so that it shall be taken into the stomach very slowly. 

 This course of treatment has served to so relieve the disease that 

 nature has nearly or quite overcome it. 



Side-Bone. 



I have a 1500-pound s-y^or-old colt with small brittle feet that has 

 side bone coming on left front foot caused by driving him barefoot on 

 the road two or three months ago. 



