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217. The Pads of the Foot are subject to injuries from prods and 

 cuts, with nails, thorns, glass, &c. The foot should be carefully 

 examined, and if any foreign body is found it must be removed, and 

 the parts washed with a solution of chinosol or izal. If much 

 inflammation be present, put on a linseed meal poultice and muzzle 

 the dog for 24 hours or more, then dress the woimd with tincture 

 of benzoin once or twice a da}'. 



218. The Interdigital Space sometimes becomes excoriated and 

 inflamed, and when this is seen wash the feet with izal or chinosol 

 solution night and morning, and dust the sores with a little fine 

 powdered fuller's earth. 



219. Sore Feet.— At the beginning of the season, when the feet of 

 sporting dogs are soft, they are apt to become tender and sore, in which 

 case they should be well washed, cleared of all grit and dirt, and then 

 dressed with oil of cloves, creasot, or tincture of iron ; but as a rule the 

 dog has more confidence in the antiseptic treatment of his own 

 tongue, which generally answers much better than any application 

 that may be used. 



THE PIG. 



220. It is not often that veterinary aid is requested to examine and 

 treat injuries and diseases of the feet of the pig ; yet, like the cow and 

 the sheep, foreign bodies, such as stones, bones, wood and nails, 

 occasionally become fixed between the digits, but, as a rule, these can 

 be removed by the owner or his servant. When Foot and Mouth 

 Disease was rife, pigs were great sufferers from the malady, more 

 particularly sucking pigs, and when made to move, it was pitiable to 

 hear them scream and to see them pick up their feet. The excoriation 

 and ulceration round the top and between the digits, were in many cases 

 very extensive, and so severe was the pain that many died from sheer 

 exhaustion. The Treatment was clean dry bedding, with drachm 

 doses of chlorate of potash in the food, night and morning, for adult 

 animals, also dressing the feet with antiseptic lotion, made with a 

 weak solution of sulphate of zinc, or sulphate of copper and carbolic 

 acid, which was sprayed over the feet with a syringe, twice a day. 



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