lis DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



will stand with their hinc' feet pretty well forward and under the body, and if they 

 are compelled to turn around suddenly, they will show evidence of great pain and 



lameness. 



Treatment. 



Bleed the animal by tapping the blood vessel in the neck. The seat of bleeditig 

 is about 12 inches from the angle of the jaw, and the operation should be performed 

 by the use of a bleeding Flem on the left under-side of the neck. 



The blood vessel may be raised by tying a string around the neck three or 

 four inches below the point of bleeding. This should be drawn up rather snug. 

 By so doing the blood vessel will fill rapidly with blood. The Flem should be 

 placed and struck with a piece of heavy wood about 12 inches long. Always tap 

 the blood vessel lengthwise. After you have let out from two to four quarts of 

 blood, the string on the neck should be loosened and a pin passed through both 

 edges of the opening in the skin and a small string of mane wound around the 

 pin in the form of a figure 8. This will prevent the animal from further bleeding. 



Give the animal a Physic Ball and reduce the temperature with Fever Paste. 

 Keep the appetite up with Horse Tonic. 



Good big applications of Antiseptic Poultice should be placed on each foot. 

 They should be kept moist in front and behind by pouring water on them every 

 few hours; place a blanket on the animal if in cold, and a fly sheet if in warm 

 weather. Give soft feed and plenty of water. 



If the animal shows signs of soreness in the feet in the course of 15 to 30 days 

 an application of Lucky Four Blister should be made around the upper part of 

 the hoof, and especially on the front feet. 



See Prescription No. 117, page 179. 



GLANDERS. 



Glanders is a slow, contagious, incurable disease, usually confined to horses, 

 but it may be transmitted to man. 



The first symptoms of this disease is a discharge from the nose, and swelling 

 of the glands between the lower jaw. As the disease advances small ulcers may 

 be noticeable on the mucous membrane lining of the nose, and sometimes small 

 sores on the hind limbs appear. The discharge from the nose is of a sticky 

 nature. The nose of a glandered horse is usually very dirty, owing to the dust 

 and dirt adhering to this sticky discharge, which is quite different from a horse 

 afflicted with distemper or a cold. 



The manger and feed bo.x of a glandered horse is also usually smeared with 

 this sticky material, and dirt collects on same. As there is no cure for glanders 

 in horses, a description of this disease is given so as to enable the owner to 

 detect it as early as possible, in order to avoid danger of becoming infected by this 

 most dreaded disease. 



Mallein may be used in determining whether a horse is afflicted with glanders, 

 in the same manner as the tuberculin test is applied to cattle, taking temperatures 

 and injecting the Mallein at the same hour as designated in that test. 



It is advisable to destroy the animal as early as possible after the disease has 

 been detected. Mangers should be torn down and the stall thoroughly scrubbed, 

 and saturated with a double strength solution of Disinfectall. The harness, halter, 

 and bridle of an infected horse should also be thoroughly disinfected in the same 

 solution. 



See Prescription No. 118, page \79. 



