The care of animals : a book of brief and popular advice on the diseases and ailments of farm animals . carrying the foot slightlyforward and bending the hock-joint a little. Figs. 43, 44. In treating spavins, the ob-ject is to hasten the welding to-gether of the joints. In orderto do this, all movement in thejoint is to be stopped as far aspossible. If the joint is badlyinflamed, reduce the inflammationby fomentations of hot water, ap-plied two or three times daily for twenty minutes at atime. A high-heeled shoe should be applied, to preventstraining the joint. The heel of the shoe should be.
The care of animals : a book of brief and popular advice on the diseases and ailments of farm animals . carrying the foot slightlyforward and bending the hock-joint a little. Figs. 43, 44. In treating spavins, the ob-ject is to hasten the welding to-gether of the joints. In orderto do this, all movement in thejoint is to be stopped as far aspossible. If the joint is badlyinflamed, reduce the inflammationby fomentations of hot water, ap-plied two or three times daily for twenty minutes at atime. A high-heeled shoe should be applied, to preventstraining the joint. The heel of the shoe should be. Fig. 43. Bone-spavin, shownat the arrow. 230 The Care of Animals raised about an inch, the inside calk being lower, inorder to throw most of the weight on the outside ofthe joint. After the acute inflammation has subsided,a sharp blister should be applied, covering an area ofat least three inches in diameter over the spavin Ared blister is usually preferred. The blister maycause the exostosis to increase in size for a time, butthis is not to be feared. The blistermay be repeated in three or four the blister has been applied, a runat pasture is excellent, the high-heelshoe being left on. In bad cases, it isoften a good plan to fire the spavinat once. In firing a spavin, the usualplan is to feather or line fireclear around the joint ; then to put afew punctures in the region of thebunch, care being taken not to openthe joint. The essentials to success, intreating spavins, are counter-irritationand rest. A cured spavin is one inwhich the inflamed joint is firmlywelded tegethe
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