MILLET DISEASE IN HORSES. 
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more readily to treatment than ol ’er horses. In fact the older 
the horse the more severe will be the disease. 
In describing the various cases to which we shall allude, 
the history, surroundings and treatment of the animals prior 
to the attack, symptoms, treatment and termination of the 
disease will be considered in each individual instance. We 
will not attempt to describe all cases we have treated, but se¬ 
lect the first two and the last two, as we consider them a fair 
average of the total number. 
Case 1. 
Bay mare eight years old, weight about 1,150 to 1,200 
pounds ; in foal, due in two months ; was found lying on her 
right side ; health previously good ; had never been sick while 
in possession of present owners, who purchased horse at five 
years old ; bred and raised in Iowa. 
Surroundings. —Barn low, housed forty mules and horses ; 
no special means of ventilation; ceiling covered with frost 
which had been gradually melting and dropping down upon 
the stock, all of which were more or less wet; fed on millet 
in good condition, cut when about one-fifth headed out; grain 
consist of bran principally, some receiving one feed of oats 
per day ; during the day the stock ran in a yard, having ac¬ 
cess to wheat straw. 
Symptoms. —Animal was found lying on her right side, ris¬ 
ing on haunches like a dog, and groaning as though in in¬ 
tense pain, breathing distressed, number of respirations 
increased to eighteen per minute, flank and shoulder covered 
with sweat; manipulation of hock and stifle joints induced 
severe pain; pulse 80, wiry and full; temperature 104° F.; 
the animal was raised by means of slings, and after remaining 
in them half an hour was able to stand without assistance, but 
would not move; the lips of the vulva were much swollen, 
having a semi-transparent appearance ; the evacuation of the 
bowels showed the secretion to be normal; urine scanty, clear 
and light colored; the breath had a disagreeable, sour odor. 
The case was diagnosed as rheumatism, and the following 
treatment prescribed: Fomentation of the vulva until swell- 
