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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
January IT, 1920 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Stocked Legs 
Would you give me advice about a val¬ 
uable sorrel driving horse I use on a mail 
route? I drive her ”0 miles a day over 
hard roads, using her three days a week, 
and resting her three days. About a year 
ago she showed a swelliug in the hind 
legs from the hocks down, which is more 
noticeable when she stands in the sta¬ 
ble. She cannot or will not lie dowu, and 
can be shod only with difficulty. The 
doctor examined her and pronounced it 
spavin. She is also ‘'over” slightly in 
one of her front legs. Can you say if 
she can be made right? Can a front 
leg which is “over” be straightened? The 
doctor says I would have to keep her in 
the barn seven or eight weeks if I were 
to use his treatment. T. E.«. 
Connecticut. 
Spavin is an unlikely cause of stock¬ 
ing of the hind legs. It would however, 
be likely to make the horse lame on 
starting from the stable, but such lame¬ 
ness disappears after the horse trots for 
a few rods and returns when he stands 
still. The toe of the shoe is worn down 
when spavin causes the lameness. The 
spavin would be noticeable as a hard, 
bony growth or lump upon the lower, 
inner, front aspect of the hock joint. To 
test for spavin lameness have the horse 
led out. then hold up the foot of the lame 
leg so that the hockjoint will be tightly 
closed for two or three minutes and have 
the horse trotted forward the moment 
the foot is dropped. If spavin is present 
the lameness will now be much more se¬ 
vere than before the test. Tf lameness is 
due to bone spavin it would be best to 
have the hock and spavin tired and blis¬ 
tered by a veterinarian and then tie the 
horse up short in a narrow stall for a six- 
weeks' rest. Such treatment probably 
would be more effective than any medi¬ 
cine that could be applied. The condi¬ 
tion of the foreleg may be somewhat im¬ 
proved if you let the horse occupy a box 
1 stall and eat everything from the floor 
level. Better work or drive her every 
day. _ 
Blind Staggers 
August 18 I bought a pair of horses. 
The seller guaranteed them for work and 
to be all right in every way. One has 
had blind staggers. Will you advise me 
what to do? g. n. n. 
Blind staggers or megrims usually 
proves incurable and the disease may have 
led the previous owner to part with the 
horse. Try to have the seller take the 
horse back and give you a sound one in 
exchange : but he cannot be compelled to 
do so unless lie gave you a written guar¬ 
antee of soundness and you can prove 
that the animal was affected with the 
trouble at the time of purchase. Mean¬ 
while never let the horse stand for a sin¬ 
gle day without work or exercise and 
keep his bowels active. He may work 
better in a breast collar. A neck collar, 
if used, must fit properly, so as not to 
interfere with circulation of the blood in 
the neck. 
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sect powder, but do not seem to do any 
good. The dog is also weak in the hind 
parts; seems to have a good appetite but 
does not seem to grow any. n. M. L. 
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trouble. She could not get that foot 
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