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Tinea Tonsurans. See Ringworm. 



Toothache. 



In the Horse — Extraction by forceps, or by trephining and 

 punching out the oflfendlng molar. 



In the Dog — Counter-irritation of gum by tincture of iodine; 

 filling the tooth with dental amalgam after proper removal of 

 carious matter; lancing the gum for alveolar abscess; or extraction. 



Tracheitis^ or Tracheo-Bronchitis. See Bronchitis. 



Tread. 



Bruise of coronet by opposite foot or by foot of another horse. 

 Apply wet compress (3 per cent, creolin) and treat as for 

 Wounds. 



Trichinosis. 



The Trichina spiralis attacks all animals, but more often swine. 

 Treatment is wholly preventive in destroying rats and mice, where 

 pigs are kept, and in not feeding flesh to swine. Trichinous meat 

 should be burned. 



Tuberculosis. 



In order of frequency affects Cattle, Birds, Swine, Cats, Goats, 

 Horses, Sheep and Dogs. 



Most animals are infected by the bovine type of B. tuberculosis. 

 Dogs and cats are susceptible to the human type of bacillus. In- 

 fections occur through the digestive and respiratory tracts, and 

 extend by the lymphatics — sometimes by the blood stream (leuco- 

 cytes) or by continuity — and bacteria often penetrate a part without 

 producing lesions at the point of entry. Tuberculosis is acquired by 

 the bacilli in the nasal and uterine discharge and feces of patients, 

 infecting the water, fodder and dust of a barn; also through the 

 young feeding on milk from tuberculous animals. Crowding, poor 

 ventilation and poor nutrition favor the disease. Tuberculosis is not 

 usually inherited, but the tendency to it is; the young are most 

 susceptible; some six months' habitation in infected surroundings 

 may be required for the disease to be acquired by the previously 

 healthy. 



Treatment — This 's rarely advisable in animals, since it is so 

 often unsuccessful and because the existence of the disease threat- 

 ens the life of other animals, and man through diseased meat, milk, 

 and — in the case of cats and dogs — ^through their sputum. An 

 outdoor life, day and night, together with highly nutritious diet, 

 may lead to recovery and is the most hopeful and successful form 

 of treatment for animals, as for man. Prophylaxis is secured by 



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