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covery is not rapid, but wet pastures or standing in water and snow- 

 are often responsible for the disease. 



Volvulus or Twist op the Bowel. See Colic. 



May reduce by rectal manipulation. If this is unsuccessful, one 

 may do a laparotomy. 



Warbles. Hypodermosis (In Cattle). 



Prophylaxis — ^Prevent gadflies from lighting on cattle by the use 

 of covers, and by spraying 3 per cent, creolin solution on the skin; 

 also by thorough brushing to remove the eggs laid on the skin. In- 

 jection of kerosene into the openings of the swellings on the skin, 

 by means of a machinist's oil can (when done at the earliest mo- 

 ment) leads to killing the larvae and subsidence of the swellings. 

 Otherwise there is nothing to do but gently express the larvae when 

 they are ready to escape. Incision of the swellings is undesirable. 



Warts. Verrucae. Papillomata. 



In young animals on the belly, prepuce, mammae, lips, eyelids, 

 ears, mouth and vagina (bitches) ; and about the fetlocks (grapes) 

 in horses. They should be removed by excision with scissors, or the 

 knife. Torsion and ligature are also employed. Strong acetic or 

 nitric acid may be applied to small growths, but are not so certain 

 as scissors and should never be used about the mouth or eyes. 

 Warty growths of the lids are apt to become malignant and should 

 be removed with a free elliptical incision; also warts on the penis 

 should be freely removed with scissors and their base cauterized 

 with strong nitric acid. The actual cautery may be employed, as 

 in grapes. 



Weed. See Lymphangitis. 



Whistling. See Roaring. 



Wind Galls. 



This condition is a tenosynovitis and hygroma of the sheath of 

 the perforatus behind the metacarpus. See Tenosynovitis. 



Wind-Sucking. Crib-Biting in Horses. 



Cover stable fixtures with metal and give so much work that 

 vicious habits will not be acquired. The use of a muzzle or spiked 

 strap about the larynx may sometimes prevent wind-sucking. Avoid 

 any articles which can be bitten; feed off the ground, or remove 



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