130 HORSE-BREEDING FOR FARMERS CHAP. 
Symptoms —Starved appearance ; anus projects ; 
eye too bright. 
Treatment—tTurpentine (spirits of) beaten up 
with yolk of egg, and mixed in tepid water given on 
an empty stomach. A foal should have 2 drachms 
of turpentine (spirits of); six months, I 0z.; one- 
year-old, 14 oz. ; two-year-old, 2 0z.; three-year-old, 
3 0z.; four-year-old, 4 oz. Give a generous diet 
without hay for a while. 
Worms—Lumbricit 
Symptoms.—Easily detected in the dung; are 
long, round, pointed worms, very common, but not 
so serious as tapeworms. 
Treatment.—Give 2 drachms of tartarised anti- 
mony in a ball every morning before feeding till they 
are got rid of. 
Worms—Strongult 
These worms are difficult to detect. They are 
about the size and appearance of hay chaff. 
Treatment.—lf suspected consult the vet., who 
will doubtless give an injection or worm powder. 
Wind-galls 
Treatment.—Rest ; cold bandages; indiarubber 
bandages with flat corks to press on the wind-galls. 
Wounds 
Treatment.—Keep the wounds clean and do not 
