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applicator, or inhalations of benzoin and ipecac. Also insufflation of larynx 

 with bismuth and orthoform equal parts with powder-blower. 



In the horse, injections Into the larynx, through the crico-tracheal ligament, 

 with a hollow needle (1 to 2 per cent, solutions of alum or lead acetate) are 

 most effective. Also give ammonium chloride and Carlsbad salt on the feed 

 thrice daily. 



Laryngitis, Membranous. 



Chiefly in Cattle, occasionally in calves, lambs, pigs, dogs and cats, see 

 Croup. 



Bleed from jugular (1 to 6 qts.), or give tartar emetic (5ii to iii) in strong 

 animals at onset. To throat, hot poultices frequently changed, or sinapisms. 

 Potassium iodide thrice daily. Salts on feed; Diet — mashes, green food and 

 milk. Tracheotomy in threatened suffocation. In dogs and cats, give dram 

 doses of syrup of ipecac in threatened asphyxia. Edema of the glottis occur.s 

 as result of acute laryngitis and proves rapidly fatal unless tracheotomy is 

 done. 



Leukorrhea. See Vacfinitis, Septic Metritis, Metritis, Puerperal Fever. 



Symptomatic treatment with injections of 1 per cent, liquor cresolis com- 

 pound, 1 per cent, solution of alum, or zinc sulphate. Iron and gentian in 

 young and under-nourished. Generally secondary to endometritis, metritis, 

 contagious abortion, tuberculosis, granular and B. necrophorous vaginitis, etc. 

 Leukemia. 



Rare in horses, cattle, swine, dogs and cats. Generally fatal. Fowler's 

 solution of arsenic pushed to fullest extent — H. and C, trom gss to Sii; D., 

 from m.v to m.xxx, twice daily. Otherwise the treatment is as for Anemia, 

 Pernicious. 

 Lice, Pediculosis, Phthiriasis. 



Horse: Hwmatopiuus macrocephalus, Trichodectes pilosus, and T. pube- 

 scens. 



Cattle: H. eurysternus, large ox-louse; H. vituli, calf -louse; and T. scala- 

 ris, small ox-loUse. 



Sheep: T. sphwrocephalus. The pupiparous dipteran, Melophae/us ovimis, 

 commonly called the "sheeptick," ked or fag, also infests the skin of the sheep. 



Dog: H. piliferus, and T. latus. Cat: T. subrostratus. 



Pig: H. auis. 



Goat: H. stenopsis and T. climax. 



Fowls: Goniodes dissimilis, Ooniococtes hologaster, G. gigas, Lipeurus 

 variabilis, L. heterographus, Menopon pallidum, M. biseriatum. 



In large animals, apply pure kerosene night and morning for two days, 

 then wash off with soap and water. Hair washed with vinegar for a few 

 days to remove nits or eggs. In dogs, use tincture staphlsagria, or oil of 

 anise in sweet oil (I to 10) ; also creolin in 5 per cent, solution; and corrosive 

 sublimate in 1 per cent, solution, applied in spots and carefully dried, may be 

 used. Blue ointment often applied in cattle, but not if there is dermatitis. 

 When the animal is greatly infested and the hair is long, the hair may be 

 clipped, but this is usually not necessary. In sheep, use dip as for scab. 

 Fowl: Apply sodium fluoride in small pinches to the skin under the feathers 

 of the neck, breast and back, and under the wings and tail. Applv kerosene 

 to roosts and nests. Wash floors and sprinkle with sulphur. Whitewash 

 walls. Keep hens out of stable to prevent hen mites from infesting horses. 

 Isolate infested animal till cured and disinfect its former quarters. Employ 

 general cleanliness and generous feeding. 

 Lichen. See Eczema. 

 Licking Habit. See Depraved Appetite. 

 Lip-and-Leg Ulceration in Sheep. 



Enzootic, communicable, due to B. necrophorus. Cuts, bruises and abra- 

 sions about mouth and limbs exciting cause. 1. Lips swell and covered with 

 papules, pustules and scabs, nasal discharge and conjunctivitis. Nose and 

 lip slough. May be similar lesions about coronets and pastern joints and 



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