104 The Ailments of Horses. 



a warm and clean stable. Allow pure 

 water. Grive the best of food, though in 

 small ([uantities. A tonic treatment must 

 be carried out. Grive half an ounce of 

 powdered oentian and two drachms of 

 ]jowdered sulphate of iron, mixed together 

 in the food nioht and mornino-. 



Add linseed to the food. 



Bran, scalded oats and carrots (boiled), 

 are as suitable as aught else in this way. 

 Serious losses often occur through these 

 parasites. 



If pain and diarrhoea are present then 

 give half an ounce of chlorodyne night 

 and morning along with a pint of wheaten 

 ■gruel. 



Burn the excrement and avoid pas- 

 turing animals where the colts have been 

 grazing. 



A very common — indeed the com- 

 monest — large round worm of the horse 

 is Ascaris rnegalocephala, chiefly locating 

 itself in the small bowel, though not 

 necessarily so. It is a spindle-shaped 

 worm with transverse stripes of the same 

 colour (cream). The sexes are distinct. 



Treatment. — Each evenino; ^ive one 

 of the following powders : — 



!d' 



R. — Santonin ... ... ... 6 drachms. 



Powdered quassia ... ... 3 ounces. 



Mix, and divide into six powders. 



Directions. — Give one powder about six o'clock, 

 before feeding, and then three hours afterwards a 

 bran mash. 



The powder must be mixed with a small 

 bran mash, and four tablespoonfuls of 

 linseed oil can be added as well. 



