Mtid Fever. i6i 



MUD FEYER. 



This complaint, like chapped heels, arises from 

 the same cause. If the animal is suffering from 

 indigestion, there is a want of circulation and it 

 experiences a chill, the sudden check prevents 

 free perspiration and the pores of the skin become 

 clogged, inflammation is set up, and small pustules 

 form which exude a watery fluid. Mud fever is 

 also caused by only imperfectly washing the horse. 

 If the dirt is not well scrubbed out of the skin 

 and then rubbed perfectly dry, the chances are 

 all in favour of mud fever, especially if it is just 

 after a frost, and the country very sloppy, and the 

 subsoil chalk or marl. If horses are rubbed dry 

 after hunting and well dressed there is little fear 

 of mud fever. If the horse is not in a good state 

 of health : two drachms of carbonate of potash, or 

 one of Gregory's packets of febrifuge, given in 

 the water is the best thing to give in cases of 

 mud fever. See also that the hay and oats are 

 of the best quality, for they have much to amwer 

 for in this complaint. 



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