INTERTRIGO. INTERTRIGO OF CHAFING. 



Cause.s : friction,, inside thighs, side of scrotum or manmise, inner side of 

 elbow, between digits, on clipped heels, under harness. Dried sebum, 

 sweat, dust, clay. Pricks with stubble. Symptoms : lameness on starting, 

 abduction, straddling, knuckling, steps on toe. Treatment : abate cause, 

 cleanse, rest, dusting powders, zinc, lycopodium, magnesia, starch, bismuth, 

 alum, lead, morphia, surgeon's cotton. Carrou oil, vaseline, antiseptics. 



This occurs where the folds of skin come in contact and rub 

 on each other as between the thighs or beside the scrotum, 

 sheath or mammae in fat horses and other animals, on inner side 

 of the elbow, between the digits in ruminants, on clipped heels 

 in horses, and under harness. Irritant perspiration and seba- 

 ceous matter dried on, and mixed with more of less gritty or 

 septic road dust contribute to it. Drying of clay and mud in 

 the cleft of the frog, or in the interdigital space of ruminants is a 

 common cause, also pricking with stubble. 



Symptoms. These are most marked when the animal has been 

 standing with the raw surfaces partially dried and adherent. 

 After moving for some time, and when the surface has been 

 moistened by the exudate there rnay be little lameness. Until 

 then he moves hesitatingly and stiffly, with the legs abducted or 

 in case of the hind ones straddling. With intertrigo of the 

 pa.stern or frog, the horse stands on the toe or with the fetlock 

 knuckled forward, and avoids as far as possible a full extension. 

 The same is true of cattle with interdigital intertrigo. 



The affected part is hot, perhaps swollen, red, damp and ex- 

 ceedingly tender. Under renewed work, lameness disappears, 

 but becomes worse on standing, and an extensive exudation may 

 o.ccur subcutaneously. If this becomes infected it may result in 

 severe and even destructive lesions, but it usually remains simple 

 and proves readily responsive to soothing and protective treat- 

 ment. It is most amenable to treatment in dogs and meat pro- 

 ducing animals of which no work is required. On the contrary 

 the latter when travelled long distances on foot may suffer 

 severely. 



Treatment. First abate the cause. With castile soap wash 

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