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VETERINARY LECTURES 



treat, owing to want of good fresh air and loose-boxes. Pit horses 

 are similar to town horses : their treatment is quite different from 

 that of those in the country, the doses of medicine being only half 

 the usual quantity, and stimulating remedies succeeding best. 



487. Cubic Air-Space for the Horse.— The horse is said by 

 some to require 1,200 cubic feet of air-space for healthy respiration. 

 The following extracts from Colonel Fitzwygram's ' Horse and 

 Stables ' show the great variation that exists in the cubic space of 

 different stables : 



488. Cubic Air-Space for the Cow. — /\ great deal has been 

 said and written respecting the cubic air-space requisite for the cow. 

 No one will deny that a good supply of pure air, as well as light, is 

 most essential for the welfare and health of our domestic animals. 

 Yet it is not exactly the 600 or 800 cubic feet of air for each cow 

 that is required so much as proper provision for the exit of the foul 

 air. A 40c cubic feet air-space for each cow, with proper ventila- 

 tion through the roof by the aid of air-shafts and louvres, will do more 

 for the well-being of the animal than 600 or 800 cubic feet with im- 

 proper ventilation. All vent-holes in the sides of stables and byres 

 should be discarded, and ventilation by the aid of air-shafts through 

 the roof adopted instead. 



DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 



489. The respiratory organs, being delicate, are extremely sus- 

 ceptible to derangement and disease in this ever-changing climate of 

 ours, and all sudden chills and changes of temperature, especially 



