72 Veterinary Obstetrics 



water or ice. Probably the most efficient means is the applica- 

 tion of broken ice by means of a suspensorium, which serves the 

 double purpose of refrigeration and supporting the weight of the 

 pendant glands. This treatment should be constantly and faith- 

 fully appUed until the crisis of the malady has passed, since the 

 effective handling of these glands may determine whether the ani- 

 mal is to be of further value as a breeder or not. Such remedies 

 as belladonna and camphor, applied locally, tend to relieve con- 

 gestion and overcome the inflammation, but, in a critical case we 

 believe the refrigeration superior. 



L,ater, when the acute symptoms have passed, chronic infection 

 should be considered, precautions taken against the spread of the 

 malady to mares and measures adopted to eradicate the infection 

 from the system as quickly as possible. 



For this purpose an extended course of potassium iodide at 

 the rate of J^ ounce per day for each i ,000 lbs. of body weight is, 

 in our judgment, the safest remedy. By some veterinarians, fears 

 are entertained that the prolonged administration of this drug 

 may induce a harmful atrophy of the testicles, but we consider 

 this quite imaginary and without foundation. We would con- 

 tinue the drug for three or four weeks, or longer if necessary. 



Abundant time should be allowed to elapse, after the disappear- 

 ance of all visible symptoms of the disease, before permitting the 

 animal to serve mares. It is advisable, in case the disease attacks 

 the stallion during the breeding season, to withdraw him from 

 the stud for the year. In any case it is wise to begin breeding 

 cautiously and watch closely for evidences of the transmission of 

 the infection to susceptible mares. When a stallion which has 

 suffered^from pink eye shows evidences of sterility, careful examin- 

 ation of the genitals and of the semen should be made and, should 

 any restoration of the breeding powers seem possible, appropriate 

 measures undertaken but usually, in our observation, the sterility 

 following pink eye is permanent and irremediable and the animal 

 must be removed from the stud and, with or without castration, 

 used as a work horse. 



