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The treatment with turpentine and iodine was proper and should 

 prove a success. If the foot becomes tender and inflamed, it will 

 be because all dirt was not removed from the wound, and the poul- 

 tice should be taken off, all foreign matter removed from the wound, 

 and the treatment repeated. In case of similar accidents, other dis- 

 infectants could be used in place of turpentine or iodine. 



Pregnancy of Mare. 



Is there any way to tell zvhen a marc is in foal? I have had a 

 veterinarian and he could not tell mc. 



There is no very good way to tell whether a mare is in foal for 

 some time. Practically speaking, the safest way to do is to have her 

 bred every time she comes in heat until she takes the stallion no longer. 

 Even then some mares will come in heat a couple of times after get- 

 ting in foal. If the sexual excitement speedily subsides and the mare 

 persistently refuses the stallion for a month, she is probably pregnant, 

 though not surely so. Also if a vicious mare becomes gentle after 

 service it is an excellent indication of pregnancy; likewise pregnant 

 mares will very often put on fat rapidly after conception and will 

 be unable and unwilling to do as hard work as before. Enlargement 

 of the abdomen, especially in its lower third, with slight falling in 

 beneath the loins and hollowness of the back are significant symptoms, 

 though they may be entirely absent. Swelling and firmness of the 

 udder, with the smoothing out of its wrinkles, is a suggestive sign, 

 even though it appears only at intervals during gestation. A steady 

 increase of weight (1^ pounds daily) about the fourth or fifth month 

 is a useful indication of pregnancy. The further along the mare is 

 in gestation the more pronounced the symptoms become. In the early 

 stages it is naturally much more difficult to detect, especially with the 

 great differences in different mares. Cessation of heat and changes 

 of disposition are about the best signs in early stages. 



Diseased Uterus of Mare. 



/ have a brood mare that has given me tzi'o fine colts, but for the 

 last tivo years I have not been able to get her with foal. She takes service 

 and then refuses service for three or four months, and about the time 

 I come to the conclusion that she is safe with foal she zvill pass off great 

 quantities of mattery substance. I have had her thoroughly zuashed out 

 with Lysol previous to breeding, but so far she has repeated this per- 

 formance each time about three or four months after service. 



This is a disease of the ovaries or uterus; perhaps mumification 

 of a foetus. Irrigate with anormal salt solution (teaspoon salt to 

 each pint of warm water) only daily. Insert the solution through 

 the neck of the womb into the uterus. Give internally J^ ounce daily 

 of Fowler's Solution of Arsenic. 



Deep-Seated Abscess. 



/ have a mule which has a swelling on the throat about zvhcre the 

 throatlatch touches. It just seems to be swollen hard and not sore. I 



