DISEASES OP HORSES AND CATTLE. 363 



death. The kidneys often become affected, caus- 

 ing either partial suppression of urine or a very 

 great increase of it; matter may form in the in- 

 flamed joint or joints, causing its distension. 



Symptoms: Swelling in the joints, which are 

 hot and painful to the touch; the colt does not 

 want to stand, lies nearly all of the time, it is 

 fevered and there is loss of appetite, the bowels are 

 either constipated or there will be diarrhoea. If 

 not relieved it soon becomes much emaciated and 

 dies. 



Treatment: It is necessary to give medicine to 

 reduce the fever and remove from the system the 

 material causing the rheumatism, and for this 

 purpose nothing seems to act so well as repeated 

 doses of nitrate of potash, for the foal two or three 

 drams of the nitrate of potassium given dissolved 

 in half a pint of cold water three or four times a 

 day and continued for a few days. • After this give 

 a tablespoonful of wine of colchicum three times 

 daily. The joint should be rubbed with canthar- 

 ides one part lard six parts ; repeat in three days 

 if needed. If the colt will not stand it should be 

 held up to suck five or six times a day. See that 

 it is kept in a warm, dry place, as lying on the cold 

 earth while in this condition we cannot expect the 

 treatment to be of any avail. 



Weaning the Colt. — This should be done in the 

 fall before the weather gets too cold, as the 

 change will be great from getting the warm milk 

 from the mother to feeding entirely on cold grass. 

 In order to keep the colt from falling off in flesh 



