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attack of this malady he is liable to a return of 

 it, and is never to be trusted afterwards, although 

 proper means have been adopted to prevent a 

 recurrence of it. The most prudent plan is to 

 part with the animal, 



STAGGERS OR APOPLEXY. 



This disease, like sleepy or stomach staggers, 

 is caused by a deranged state of the digestive 

 organs, and this in too many -instances is the 

 result of over-feeding and feeding with unwhole- 

 some food ; some persons are so foolish as to sup- 

 pose that the horse may eat as much grain as it 

 can consume, and that it will do no harm ; this 

 is a serious mistake, for even without water the 

 grain will swell in the stomach, and being over- 

 loaded indigestion follows, the stomach being too 

 much distended to allow it to perform its natural 

 office, hence the head is affected. As in the 

 animal economy a very intimate connexion exists 

 between the brain and the stomach, each recipro- 

 cally influencing the other. The want of fresh 

 air and exercise with horses that are over well- 

 fed also tend strongly to derange the stomach, 

 especially in warm weather. The bracing in- 

 fluence of exercise being wanted to give energy 

 to the actions of the intestinal canal, the food 

 frequently lodges there. This is also caused by 

 the food being bad. Another cause is neglecting 

 to water horses at regular intervals. This ele- 

 ment is peculiarly necessary to animals living 

 upon dry food. Every horse, as I have said 



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