THE HORSE, ITS DISEASES. 



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soft, easily digested food, and as recovery ensues, daily moderate exer- 

 cise must be given. 



Inflammation of the liver is rare. If congestion has proceeded to 

 inflammation the region of the last rib will be very tender. There will 

 be quickening of the pulse. The mouth will be hot and clammy ; th« 

 bowels may be at first loose, yellow and bilious, but soon become costive. 

 The heat of the body is raised ; patches may appear on the mucous 

 membranes ; and the limbs, especially the hind ones, will swell. 



What to do — In this case all bleeding should be avoided. Give as a 

 purge a pound of sulphate of soda (glauber salts) aided by injections of 

 warm water. After the bowels are opened, keep them so with small 

 doses of glauber salts, six ounces, or, cream of tartar four ounces daily. 

 If the horse eat anything it must be very light mashes, pulped roots or 

 fresh grass. As the horse improves, give twice a day two ounces of 

 Peruvian bark or two drachms twice a day of gentian. 



XVI. Parasites which Infest the Intestines. 



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The general symptoms for intestinal worms, in large quantity, are 

 general ill health. The animal will lose condition : the skin will be scurfy, 

 dry and often itching ; the animal 

 will become hide bound and pot 

 bellied ; the appetite will be irregular 

 but voracious ; there will be fetid 

 breath, diarrhea, passing of mucus 

 with the dung, colicky pains, swelling, 

 itching and puffy anus, and especially 

 the passage of the worms or their 

 eggs will be certain proof. The horse 

 will raise the upper lip and rub it 

 against anything near. Colts will pick 

 and bite the hair from the body and 

 limbs. The annexed cut will give a 

 good general idea of an animal suffer- 

 ing from worms. 



Besides the bot, already treated of, which inhabits the stomach, there 

 are those of the intestines proper. These are the tape worm, round 

 headed and flat headed, and five species of round worms. 



What to do. — Vermifuges are without number, some general in their 

 nature, and others specific for particular classes. When worms are sus^ 

 pected, and the owner of the animal is not sure of the reality, it is safe 



COLT PICKING HAIB FROM ITS LEG, 

 GIVING PROOF OP WORMS. 



