94 THEORY AND PRACTICE 



tioii ; they are little cankers, coming up first as vesicles then dis- 

 charging and ulcerating. The pustular form may follow the 

 vesicular. 



The technical name of the pustular form of stomatitis has 

 been given by Prof. Williams as Stomatitis piistulosa contagiosa. 

 It has an incubation of about 3 days. It will likely show as a 

 profuse eruption on the lower lip, sometimes extending around 

 on the outside of the lips even to the outside of the cheeks, down 

 the shoulders and breast to the hoofs. The specific germ has 

 never been found. The course and termination are the same as 

 equine variola, which in my opinion is the same disease. Horse 

 pox is very contagious to other animals and to people. Never 

 give a horse a ball or do dentistry on him without examining his 

 mouth for contagious stomatitis. If the saliva from such a case 

 drys on your hands, they will become inoculated with infection. 

 If this does occur, soak the hands in a 5 per cent solution of 



formaldehyde. 



Treatment. — In the non-contagious form the first thing to do 

 is to remove the cause. Change the diet of the animal if neces- 

 sary. If the disease occurs in a nursing animal, do not let him 

 nurse continually. Separate him from his mother. Wash the 

 udder and teats with borax and also the mouth of the foal. In 

 adult horses nothing is better than borax. 



As to the contagious form isolate the animal. It is no use 

 to take him out of the stall, you must isolate the stall. If the 

 partitions are board, they are all right, but if wire, board ones 

 must be put up. Put ropes or chains behind the horse to keep 

 him in. However, he can be used in single harness if he is not 

 tied to a post or watered at a public watering trough. If his 

 bit is used for other horses it must be disinfected. The inflam- 

 mation must run its course but chlorate of potash, a saturated 

 solution, will help. 



GLOSSITIS. 



Definition.— This is an inflammation of the muscular sub- 

 stance of the tongue. It is usually due to local injury. It may be 

 produced by scalding doses. A puncture produces an inflamma- 



