Throat] 3°7 (Tickg 



Diet : Avoid meat, but you may offer stewed 

 rabbit with rice, also fish, tripe, milk, pudding, etc. 



Throat (Sore) : 



Symptoms : The back of the throat (fauces) 

 is inflamed and slightly swollen, causing some 

 difficulty in swallowing ; the lips are moist from 

 excessive secretion of saliva, and the glands about 

 the outside of the throat are enlarged. The dog 

 is often off his food, dull and listless. 



Treatment : Give a teaspoonful of following 

 medicine frequently : — 



Recipe : 



Chlorate of Potash, - - - i drachm. 



Water to 6 ounces. 



Mix. 



A light diet should be given for a few days, and 

 the external enlarged glands rubbed gently, night 

 and morning, with spirits of camphor. If the 

 fauces remain inflamed after a few days, paint 

 the parts night and morning for two or three 

 days with a two-per-cent. solution of nitrate of 

 silver. 



Ticks : 



Symptoms : These parasites are generally 

 obtained from sheep in England. They are 

 small, blue-coloured little creatures with pointed 

 heads, with which they dig into the dog's skin 

 and suck the blood, and as they do so they 

 gradually increase in size to a tick bean. They 

 naturally cause a good deal of irritation, and 

 make the dog bite and scratch. 



Treatment : They should be carefully picked 

 off the dog with forceps, avoiding breaking 



