Diseases of animals 



lot 



remedy will give excellent results if ad- 

 ministered in doses of 5 to 12 grains by 

 intra-venous injections. 



LAMENESS 



On account of the unusual exposure 

 to strains, the horse is subject to more 

 forms of lameness than any other of 

 our domestic animals. Lameness may be 

 due to strains of the muscles, ligaments 

 or the joint capsules in any part of the 

 leg or shoulder and pelvic girdles. 



Splints are bony enlargements which 

 occur between the hock and fetlock 

 joints on the inside of the leg. They 

 may vary greatly in size in different 

 horses. Most frequently they appear on 

 the fore leg. Splints often accompany 

 lameness which is not a continuous 

 trouble but becomes more pronounced 

 after considerable exercise. Since 

 splints are relatively harmless, it is not 

 desirable to interfere by means of reme- 

 dial measures unless they become an 



Fig. 55 — A FORM OF SLING FOR USE IN TREATING CERTAIN DISEASES 



Lameness, as ordinarily understood, 

 means any irregularity of movement 

 in the horse due to some disabling 

 of the organs of locomotion. Ordina- 

 rily it is a very difficult matter to 

 detect the exact seat of lameness in 

 a horse and the methods by which diag- 

 nosis is made in different kinds of lame- 

 ness cannot be described in this place. 

 We may briefly mention a number of the 

 common forms of lameness in horses, to- 

 gether with notes on their treatment. 



actual cause of lameness. Tincture of 

 iodine may be applied to the inflamed 

 parts several times daily and if this 

 method docs not give results, resort may 

 be had to blistering by means of Span- 

 ish fly. Splint is especially common 

 in cities, where it is a rare thing to find 

 a horse wheh does not show one or 

 more. 



Ring-bones — This term is used to de- 

 note an enlargement of the bone around 

 the coronet. The bony ring may occupy 



