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ing of the lungs and the recovery of the animal is hastened. The 

 cost of this product, however, at the present time, is exorbitant, and 

 it should be considered only in the treatment of very valuable ani- 

 mals. 



The same procedure as given for influenza should be carried out in 

 the prevention of this affection. 



The diet demands the strictest attention from the outset. In 

 ma;ay of the fevers the feed has to be diminished in quantity and 

 regulated in the quality of its heat-produciug components during 

 the acute part of the disease, so as to lessen the material for com- 

 bustion in the inflamed organs. In edematous pneumonia, on the 

 contrary, all the feed that can possibly be digested and assimilated 

 must be given. Choice must be made of the richest material which 

 can be handled by the weakened stomach and intestines without 

 fatiguing them. Good, sound hay should be chopped short and 

 dampened or partly boiled; in the latter case the hay tea can be 

 reserved to use as a drink. Oats may be preferred dry or in other 

 cases are taken better scalded; in most cases, however, it is better 

 to give slops of oatmeal, to which may be added a little bran, 

 barley flour, or boiled milk and wheat flour. Pure cow's milk, not 

 too rich in- fatty matter, may be given alone or with beaten eggs; 

 frequently the horse has to be coaxed with the milk diluted with 

 several parts of water at first, but will soon learn to drink the pure 

 milk. Apples and carrots cut up raw or boiled are useful, and fresh 

 clover in small quantities will frequently stimulate the appetite. In 

 other words, various feeds and combinations should be given to the 

 horse. Throughout the course of the disease and during convales- 

 cence the greatest attention must be taken to cleaning the coat thor- 

 oughly so as to keep the glands of the skin in working order, and 

 light, warm covering must be used to protect the animal from cold 

 or drafts of air. 



STRANGLES. 



Synonyms. — Distemper ; colt-lU ; catarrhal fever ; one form of shipping fever ; 

 febrls pyogenlca. 



Definition. — Strangles is an infectious disease of the horse, mule, 

 and ass, seen most frequently in young animals, and usually leaving 

 them immune from future trouble of the same kind. 



It appears as a fever lasting for a few days, and is usually associ- 

 ated with an abscess formation of lymph glands, especially those 

 under the jaw, which have a tendency to break on the outside. It 

 usually leaves the animal after convalescence perfectly healthy and 

 as good as it was before, but sometimes leaves it a roarer or is fol- 

 lowed by the development of deep-seated abscesses which may prove 

 fatal. 



