RESPIRATORY AFFECTIONS 



unquestionably, frequently does exist without 

 the owner being aware of it. The rules for 

 feeding a horse thus affected are to avoid 

 bulky food ; to feed and water at least two or 

 three hours before the animal is required for 

 work ; to avoid the use of dusty fodder, and 

 also to feed on soft food, such as scalded oats, 

 linseed and bran. 



PULMONARY APOPLEXY 



This affection, also spoken of as acute con- 

 gestion of the lungs, engorgement of the lungs, 

 &c., is one of those maladies to which the hunter 

 occasionally falls a victim, and when it does 

 so, it is generally the result of the animal not 

 having been got into fit condition. It may not be 

 a difficult matter to purchase a hunter, but to buy 

 " condition " is quite another matter, and one 

 without the other is of very little use. Pul- 

 monary apoplexy, following upon severe exertion, 

 arises through inability of the heart to deal 

 with the increased circulation, consequently 

 the lungs become engorged, and the animal 

 suffers from all the symptoms of embarrassed 



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