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salts. Give the mother cottonseed or linseed meal, or beef-meal, with rich 

 ration of grain. Or the suckling may be weaned and receive — ^if herbivorous 

 — oatmeal gruel of milk and a tablespoonful of linseed meal daily; cod Jiver 

 oil; raw eggs and beef meal. Carnivora may be given milk, strong broths, 

 gruels with milk, juice squeezed from rare beef, bovinine, cod liver oil. With 

 anemia, syrup of ferrous iodide (foals and calves, m.xv; puppies, m.ii-v). 

 Phosphorus and phosphates are bone foods. Prescribe syr. of calcium lacto- 

 phosphate, or glycerophosphates, or phosphorated oil (foals and calves, 3i; 

 puppies, m.ss to m.i). General care and hygiene are of chief importance. 

 These include grooming, cleanliness, warm, dry quarters, and fresh, countrj 

 airj Pigs must be removed from dark, unhealthy styes. 



Ringbone in the Horse. 



Either a periarthritis or osteoarthritis of the pastern bones or os pedis, 

 and in the first involving the external, and in the second case, the articular 

 surfaces of the bone. When a fore limb, apply n thin-heeled bar-shoe; when 

 in hind limb, a high-Jieeled shoe, to favor the natural shifting of weight at- 

 tempted by the patient. When the animal is in the stable, place a wet swab 

 about the pastern, only work on soft ground, if possible. In acute cases, 

 with lameness and heat in the part, apply cold swabs and enforce rest; 

 follow by firing and blistering to secure resorption or ankylosis, if lameness 

 persists. If this is unsuccessful, perform neurectomy. 



Ringworm. (Tricophytosis. Tinea or Herpes Tonsurans.) 



Attacks cattle, dogs, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, cats and poultry. 



Horse. Trichophytic ringworm, caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes, 

 T. flavum, T. equimum, T. verrucosum; and Microsporous ringworm, by 

 Microsporum Audouini. 



Cattle. Ringworm always a Trichophytosis and due to T. mentagrophytes. 



Dog. Four varieties of ringworm occur : ( 1 ) Trichophytic ( T. caninum) ; 

 (2) Microsporous (M. Audovini var. camnum) ; (3) EidameUian {Eida/mella 

 apinosa) ; and favus (Oospora camna). See Favus. 



The disease is transmitted from animal to man and from individual to indi- 

 vidual of same species; rarely from one species to another species among 

 animals. 



Isolate patients, and disinfect premises, harness, clothing, bedding, cleaning 

 utensils and objects in contact with the patient. Burn hair and crusts from 

 the skin. The disease may be spread over the body by grooming. First soak 

 crusts in oil and remove them with green soap and water. Paint diseased 

 area daily with tincture of iodine, or rub in ointment (1 to 8) of iodine 

 crystals and goose grease once daily. Moussu recommends on cattle with 

 localized spots, equal parts of chloral, phenol and tincture of iodine. When 

 generalized, wash the body with green or tar soap and apply boric acid (3ii) 

 in alcohol (3x) and ether (giiss). Salicylic acid in alcohol (1 to 10) may 

 also be used over large areas without fear of poisoning from absorption or 

 licking of the drug. Many other drugs are curative, as 10 per cent, ointment 

 of either creolin, lysol, or tar. In small areas, ung. hydrargyri ammoniati. 

 It is best to clip the hair about diseased patches and pull out that on the 

 patches, if feasible. 



Roaring. 



In horses; rarely in cattle and dogs. 



Due to left-sided paralysis of the larynx, from toxemia of acute infec- 

 tions ; also to thickening of the mucous membrane, obstructions, stenoses, and 

 new growths in the upper air passages. Paralysis of the larynx is relieved 

 only by denudation of mucous membrane from left ventricle or rarely from 

 both. Temporary or false roaring is common after influenza and laryngitis 

 and is curable by the application of a fly blister over the larynx, or better, 

 red mercuric iodide. Give internally potassium iodide, thrice daily for 

 some time. The local injection of strychnine into the region of the larynx 

 once daily is said to delay the onset of paralysis. Arsenic internally may 

 aid the action of the iodide in promoting resolution of thickened mucous 

 membrane. 



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