CHAPTER XVII 



MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES 



There is no single satisfactory method of classifying 

 diseases. In this book that classification has been 

 adopted that promises to be. of most service to the 

 farmer and stockman. There still remain, however, a 

 number of important diseases that do not fall readily 

 under any of the preceding heads, and these are now 

 placed together here. 



AZOTUEIA 



There seems to be no established common name for 

 this disease of horses, although the term "bloody water" 

 is sometimes applied. Azoturia is a form of poisoning 

 resulting from high feeding and lack of exercise. It 

 always occurs in horses that are in good flesh or fat, 

 when they are exercised after standing in the stable for 

 one or more days. The blood seems to be loaded with 

 nitrogenous waste material which the excretory organs 

 are unable to throw off when the horse is exercised, and 

 a peculiar form of paralysis and poisoning results. 



A horse in good flesh, after standing in the stable for 

 a day or more, is taken out and seems to be in excellent 

 spirits; but after going a short distance, varying from 

 a few rods to a mile or more, he goes lame or stiff in the 



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