96 NON-SPECIFIC OR GENERAL DISEASES 



comfortable quarters and a dry bed. Allowing the animal to 

 inhale steam three or four times daily is useful in relieving 

 the inflammation. Easily digested feeds, and in case the animal 

 has dilKculty in s\vallowing, soft feeds and gruels, should be 

 given. The throat may be kept covered with a layer of anti- 

 phlogistin and bandaged. Glycoheroin may be given in from 

 teaspoonful to tablespoonful doses, depending on the size of 

 the animal. Chlorate of potassium may be given in the drink- 

 ing water. 



If the animal becomes run down in flesh, as sometimes occurs 

 in chronic catarrh, bitter tonics should be given. In the latter 

 disease, it is sometimes necessary to trephine and wash out the 

 sinus or sinuses afi"ected with an antiseptic solution. It may be 

 necessary to continue this treatment for several weeks. 



Bronchitis. — Inflammation of the bronchial tubes may be 

 either acute or chronic. Acute bronchitis is especially common 

 in the horse, while the chronic form is more often met with in 

 the smaller animals, especially hogs. This disease is most 

 common among horses during the changeable seasons of the 

 years. It is caused by warm, close stables or stalls, and irritating 

 gases emanating from the floor, or manure in the stall. In 

 general, the causes are about the same as in cold in the head. 

 In young animals and hogs, the inhalation of dust, and bronchial 

 and lung worms commonly cause it. Verminous bronchitis 

 usually becomes chronic. 



In the acute form of the disease the symptoms come on very 

 quickly, the fever is high and the pulse beats and respirations 

 are rapid. Chilling of the body occurs, and the animal may 

 appear dull and refuse to eat. The animal coughs frequently. 

 Ivecovery occurs within a few days, unless complicated by sore 

 throat and pneumonia. In the horse, bronchitis is not a serious 

 disease, but in other animals recovery is delayed and complica- 

 tions are more common. 



In chronic hroncliitis in the horse, the animal coughs fre- 



