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authors If you find them in your colts, and 

 wish them removed, the best plan is to pull them 

 out with a pair of ordinary tooth forceps. See 

 Jennings on " The Horse and his Diseases/* 



IRREGULAR TEETH 



In old horses the molar teeth, or grinders, fre 

 quently become very uneven upon their grindin^^ 

 surfaces, causing difficulty in masticating the 

 food ; the outer edges of the upper molars becom- 

 ing sharp cut the cheeks, causing them to become 

 sore, and often very much swollen. The remedy 

 is the tooth rasp, by which the sharp edges of the 

 teeth are taken ofi^, enabling the animal to again 

 masticate his food in a proper manner. 



CARIES or THE TEETH. 



Horses frequently suffer from this troublesome 

 disease. Caries or decay in the teeth gives rise 

 to the tooth-ache the same as in man, causing 

 symptoms in the horse "which are often mistaken 

 for other affection*?. My work on the horse ex- 

 plains this subject more fully. When caries has 

 existed for some time, there will be as a genera^ 

 thing a fetid discharge from one nostril ; the food 

 passes away in an undigested state, particularly 

 is this the case when whole corn has been given; 

 loss of flesh, stupor, starring coat, stopping short 

 in the road when in harness, shaking the head 

 and then going on again, starting as though 

 scared when no objects of fear are about. The 

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