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DISEASES A 



Treatment. — if you notice it as soon as it beg^ins to form 



matter, bathe well two or three times a day, and each time after 



bathing- rub the parts with white liniment ; if matter forms, open 



the swelling- up at the very lowest part so as to let the matter run 



out, then bathe, as above mentioned, and pour hot green .salve 



right into the hole. In a case where the discharge of mattf»r 



smells very bad, and you think the bone is diseased, throw the 



animal, cut down to the diseased bone and scrape it, then treat with 



green salve by pouring it into the cut twice a day after bathing. 



Both this disease and poll evil, in bad cases, are tedious to treat. 



In dressing the wound always put a twitch on the horse's nose if 



he is very ugly. If there is a thickening after you have the parts 



healed up, rub the parts with acid liniment ; apply the linimerit 



every third day after bathing with luke warm water and salt until 



the thickening is all gone down. 



SWEENY (SHOULPER SLIP). 



This is a common occurrence in young horses. 



Causes. — It is more likely to occur in young horses than in 

 old ones. It may be caused in ploughing, when the plouijh 

 strikes solid against anything, causing a sudden jerk ; or in 

 horses that are used on a tongue and the wheel passes ov er a 

 stone or rough piece of ground, swinging the end of the toni^ue 

 around, causing the neckyoke to jerk and bruise the shouUier. 

 Anything that will bruise the muscle of the shoulder viill brin^ 

 it on. 



Symptoms. — They are well marked. As soon as the hor^e 

 receives the injury there will be a slight swelling and sorer es*- of 

 the part, afterwards there is a wasting away of the muscles that 

 are injured. It is generally the muscles lying over the shoukU r 

 blade that become affected with this disease, and in some cases 

 the muscles fall away until there is a large hollow over the 

 lihoulder blade. In some cases the horse is not very lame, but 

 fross a little stiif. 



Treatmsat. — If the animal is at very heavy work, cha.i^^ U 

 to light work, and if you can allow him to run without wprk so 

 fnuch the better, pathe thp parts well with cold wj^ter and salt 

 ^very night if i.-. the sunimer| after bathing, wipe pry find han'4 

 fub and pull the skin OMt on the hpUpwj this is to gel \\\s -ikir, 

 ipose trorn the muscle. Every third day after bath'njj; apply ih<? 

 acid liniment in and around the hollow part of the shoulder ; ii}i>j 



