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prevent itching, wash the surface with a solution of Nox-i-cide Dip and Dis- 

 infectant, one teaspoonful in a pint of water, which will also save any chance 

 of infection. This is surface treatment merely; but it takes more than sur- 

 face treatment to correct blood condition. Hence look well to the feed, 

 and give the animal tonic treatment with Conkey's Stock Tonic, mixed with 

 the regular feed as directed. Keep this up for a week or two weeks', until 

 the animal shows good condition. This tonic will be found mildly laxative 

 and will keep the system open. But if a purge is needed give raw linseed 

 oil. Never use castor oil for horses, as so often directed. Castor oil can 

 be safely given to other livestock and to human beings; but it is frequently 

 poisonous to horseflesh. 



BOG SPAVIN This is a soft swelling usually on the inner side of 

 BLOOD SPAVIN the hock, the result of some fault in the natural con- 

 formation of the animal; so that under special exer- 

 tion (such as accident or hard pulling) there is a rupture or strain which 

 causes an excessive secretion of the synovial flui 1 in the hock, causing a 

 distension of the bursal sac, (a condition known as Bog Spavin) ; or dilating 

 the vein just under the skin (which condition is known as Blood Spavin). 

 The two conditions are easily confused. But a Bog Spavin is really a 

 tumor, while a Blood Spavin is a varicose vein. 



Symptoms The symptoms of Blood Spavin, or of Bog Spavin, are lame- 

 ness, stiffness, with a soft, fluctuating swelling on the front 

 or inner side of the hock, sometimes hot to the touch and showing general 

 inflammation. Once started, the disease is in one sense hereditary, since 

 the defect in conformation which caused it can be inherited. 



Treatment Alternate applications of hot and cold water bandages should 

 be made in the early stages. If the part is much inflamed, treat 

 with Conkey's Pain Lotion to reduce the pain and inflamation, then apply 

 Conkey's Absorbent according to directions. This will disperse or absorb 

 the gathering without the pain and disfigurement of a blister, and does 

 away with the cruel firing so often resorted to unnecessarily. The Absorb- 

 ent does its work without blistering, leaving no permanent scar or blemish. 



BOTS These are larvae of the gad- 

 fly, which attach themselves to 

 the walls of the stomach and intes- 

 tines. The larvae are developed 

 from eggs laid on the hair of the 

 horse's body in summer, on the lower 

 part of the neck, shoulders, and inner 

 parts of the forelegs, around the knees, 

 where they are easily licked off by the 

 horse and so find their way to the 

 stomach. If taken into the stomach 

 between the tenth and thirteenth day 

 after they are deposited, these eggs 

 will develop into bots. Bots have been 

 known to cause colic pains, but they Larvae O f the hot fly, at- Adult hot flies 

 are usually harmless, except in large tached to wa i ls of stomac h 

 numbers. In rare cases they have been 

 known to work to the peritoneum, and thus cause death. 



Symptoms are a general unthrifty condition; presence of the matured bots 

 in the droppings, especially noticeable in the spring of the year. 

 Symptoms of general indigestion may be due to this cause. 



