CATAEEH. 223 



Pathognomonic Symptoms. — Occasional chills, prichvng of 

 the coat, accompanied with coughing and sneezing. 



CAtrsES. — The causes are various. A very common cause 

 is that of over-riding or driving the animal, and then allowing 

 him to stand in a draught of cold air ; placing him in a cold, 

 damp stable ; turning him out to grass while in a state of per- 

 spiration ; riding him into water when the system is exhausted ; 

 or bringing him from grass and placing him at once in a close, 

 warm, or ill-ventilated stable. 



Teeatment. — Owners of horses, who are observant of what 

 occurs to them, ought to know the premonitory symptoms of 

 Catarrh, and by prompt measures arrest its progress. 



The premonitory signs in the generahty of cases of Catarrh 

 are, duUness of the eye and countenance ; a faint, soft cough, 

 accompanied with slight staring of the hair ; and perspiration 

 of the animal upon slight exertion. In many horses the pre- 

 monitory signs are simply a cough, attended with a slight 

 diminution of the appetite. By attention to the animal during 

 the incipient stages of the disease, hundreds of valuable horses 

 would be annually saved which now die. 



The best remedies in general are, Camphor, Aromatic- 

 Ammonia, Belladonna, and Nux Vomica. 



Camphor, if given during the incipient stage of Catarrh will 

 frequently stop the progress of the disease. Horses which have 

 been severely worked, and at the same time exposed to rain 

 and cold draughts, should always have a smaU portion of cam- 

 phor given to them when brought to the stable for the night : 

 it is an excellent preventative, and wiU amply repay the trouble 

 and cost its administration will entail. Give 2 drachms of the 

 tincture in a glass of weak whiskey and water, or mix it with 

 flour, as directed at page 146. 



