CHAPTER IX. 



SOME DISEASES. 



Influenza. 



This complaint — also frequently spoken of 

 as horse-distemper — and in a modified 

 form as Newmarket fever ; Is one with 

 which most grooms are familiar. It differs 

 from an ordinary cold, inasmuch as It Is 

 readily communicated from one horse to 

 another, and Is attended by extreme weak- 

 ness, with a marked tendency to settle in 

 vital parts, such as the lungs and bowels ; 

 also to attack certain joint structures. 



Horses having the disease should be 

 kept apart from healthy ones as much as 



