MANAGEMENT OF THE WEANLINGS 
197 
AILMENT AND DISEASE PREVENTIVE 
4. Colic horses 
5. Diarrhoea in young Careful feeding 
foals 
Maple Lawn Farm 
1. Joint or navel ill 
2. Influenza 
5. Diarrhoea 
Santa Anita Rancho 
REMEDY 
Giles and new milk 
Mix flour with hot 
water and give as 
gruel 
Iodine and healing pow¬ 
der 
Spohn's remedy 
Whites of egg or boiled 
milk 
1. Joint or navel ill 
2. Influenza 
3. Strangles 
4. Colic 
“Immediate disinfection 
of umbilicus at birth 
and continued appli¬ 
cations till healed.” 
“Bacterin, etc., admin¬ 
istered by qualified 
V. S., together with 
such other simple 
aids and care as may 
be indicated” 
“Mixed infection bac¬ 
terin and good nurs¬ 
ing” 
“Some convenient, relia¬ 
ble antiseptic, such as 
P. D.'s colic mixture, 
which may be given 
without drenching, 
with a 2-oz. dosage 
syringe” 
6. Diarrhoea (in foal- “First reduce feed. Give 
ing) dose of castor oil (2 
to 4 oz.) in emulsion 
with equal parts hot 
water beaten to 
creamy consistency, 
with syringe — fol¬ 
lowed in severe cases 
with one teaspoonful 
of: Bismuth subni¬ 
trate, 1 oz.; Salol, 1 
oz.; soda bicarbonate, 
3 oz. Mix. Dose: 1 
teaspoonful, 3 or 4 
times daily, if indi¬ 
cated 
Addenda: At this rancho the following is also indicated: “Give enema 
to all new-born foals as a routine treatment—(say bland oil and warm 
water, equal parts—4 to 6 oz.) and repeat, if necessary, to remove all the 
meconium and save many foals.” 
University of Wisconsin 
1. Joint or navel ill “Clean stall, apply an- None 
tiseptic on navel” 
