916 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



causes it to come out rusty but does no harm. Water must 

 be supplied to every deck ; watering horses is slow work 

 when each bucket has to be drawn by hand. Under 

 ordinary circumstances horses require water three times a 

 day, and in the tropics they should be tried at night for a 

 fourth time. 



Grooming at sea is a very tame affair unless the horse is 

 taken out of its stall, or two stalls made into one. As a 

 matter of fact very little grooming is done, an occasional 

 brush along the back from a man standing or sitting on 

 the parting bar is about all that can be attempted. In the 

 fitting up of transports, a space could be left in each com- 

 partment where half a dozen horses could be groomed at 

 one time ; these could be groomed by machinery so as to 

 facilitate matters, and keep as few men as possible below. 

 It should be borne in mind that the more men below the 

 greater the vitiation of the air. 



There is no dijficulty in the animal's legs receiving 

 attention ; if the body cannot be brushed the legs can be 

 handrubbed, which for tired joints standing in a constrained 

 position is most beneficial. 



Clipping should be practised in passing from winter in 

 Northern latitudes to summer in Southern. Those horses 

 that sweat the most should be the first done, and these 

 animals will be found in the stalls close to the engine-room. 

 Mechanical clippers should be used driven by an electric 

 motor. 



Feeding. — The feeding on board must be regulated by 

 the length of the voyage ; the system is to start moderately 

 low with corn, and gradually increase it towards the end 

 of the voyage ; also to regulate the bowels with bran and 

 if possible carrots throughout the journey. If the voyage 

 last three weeks the diets may be as follows : 



For the first week — 



Lbs. 



Corn ... ... ... ... 3 



Bran... ... ... ... 3 



Hay... ... ... ... 10 to 12 lbs. daily 



Carrots ... ... ... 5 



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