6S THEORY AND PRACTICE 



(lilated nostrils without dropping of the flanks. Just as soon 

 as you get morbid anatomy, then you have confirmed heaves. 

 Incipient heaves is curable ; confirmed heaves is not — it all hangs 

 on the morbid anatomy. 



Confirmed Heaves. — The treatment practically is the same 

 except you may have to give more of the nerve sedatives and 

 treat the stomach, for it is always in a state of chronic indiges- 

 tion. Do not give too much arsenic. You can relieve the dis- 

 tress in the breathing in confirmed heaves, but can't cure it. If 

 you have to give Timothy hay, let it be cut early, when it is 

 full in bloom. If you wait until the bloom (2nd bloom) is off, 

 the lower half of the stalk is of no use. 



In examining horses for soundness, you must watch closely 

 for the wind of the horse, for dealers have means of covering 

 up the wind by giving alleviating remedies. Watch the action of 

 the flanks; notice how long it takes the horse to recover after 

 being jumped. Normal horse recovers his wind in two or three 

 breaths: a horse may take an half hour — then be suspicious. 

 Catch the horse by the bit and shake him up! Slap him on the 

 ribs, and if he has confirmed heaves he will grunt — then turn him 

 clown. 



You can't cover up a roarer with dope so that if he is a 

 whistler, a roarer, etc., the quick jump will bring it out, but the 

 grunt indicates heaves. 



If a bovine has heaves, it is no great matter : we are never 

 called to treat it — it is simply a scientific pathological curiosity. 



ASTHMA. 



There is a great difference of opinion as to whether horses 

 have asthma or not, but the best authorities recognize it. It is 

 so closely related to heaves that the two are identical with a 

 little difference in symptoms. 



Symptoms{. — These are as follows: 



1. Asthma never arises as an original 

 lesion — animal has heaves in the in- 

 cipient or confirmed form. 



