82 Roaring in Horses. 



never so severe in them as in European korses. Natives 

 think little of it, and will buy a Roarer as readily as a 

 sound horse. 



Mr. Littlewood, Civil Veterinary Surgeon to the Egyptian 

 Sanitary Department, remarks that the large white donkeys 

 used by the better class of Egyptians, and which frequently 

 cost as much as £70 in the market, are often Roarers; but 

 this does not depreciate their value. The native veterinary 

 surgeons say that recovery is doubtful. He has known 

 Russian horses to be affected. 



In the United States of America, Roaring is prevalent, 

 and probably a considerable number of the horses unsound 

 in their respiratory organs are so because of this defect; 

 though I am unable to give anything like an approximate 

 idea as to the extent to which it prevails. But it doubtless 

 is much more common in the North and AVest than in the 

 South — indeed, I am assured that in South America it is 

 very seldom noticed, especially in the drier regions, and it 

 is asserted that in Buenos Ayres it is quite unknown, and 

 that Roarers sometimes recover when sent there. In North 

 America it affects a certain proportion of horses, though I 

 cannot ascertain what this is. 



On the European Continent it is only too well known ; 

 indeed, as the historical sketch in this treatise shows, it 

 was first described in French veterinary literature, and for 

 nearly a century it has been receiving the serious attention 

 of all the most distinguished veterinary authorities in 

 France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, and 

 Sweden, as well as Russia. It appears to be less common 

 in the East and South than in the West and North. 



ReynaP says that in France it is frequent, though when 

 he Avrote (1858) he thought it was less prevalent than 

 before-times— a result he attributed to the greater care of 

 horse-breeders in the selection of breeding-stock, better 



1 "Nouveau Diotionnaire Pratique, etc., V^terinaires," vol. iv., art. 

 •' Cprnage." ■ 



