. The diseases of animals; a book of brief and popular advice on the care and the common ailments of farm animals. Veterinary medicine; Domestic animals. 231 raised about an inch, the inside calk being lower, in order to throw most of the weight on the outside of the joint. After the acute inflammation has subsided, a sharp blister should be applied, covering an area of at least three inches in diameter over the spavin A "red blister" is usually preferred. The blister may cause the exostosis to increase in size for a time, but I^r-jw this is not to be feared. The blister § W^ may be
. The diseases of animals; a book of brief and popular advice on the care and the common ailments of farm animals. Veterinary medicine; Domestic animals. 231 raised about an inch, the inside calk being lower, in order to throw most of the weight on the outside of the joint. After the acute inflammation has subsided, a sharp blister should be applied, covering an area of at least three inches in diameter over the spavin A "red blister" is usually preferred. The blister may cause the exostosis to increase in size for a time, but I^r-jw this is not to be feared. The blister § W^ may be repeated in three or four weeks. F ill After the blister has been applied, a run at pasture is excellent, the high-heel shoe being left on. In bad cases, it is often a good plan to "fire" the spavin at once. In firing a spavin, the usual plan is to "feather" or "line" fire clear around the joint; then to put a few punctures in the region of the bunch, care being taken not to open the joint. The essentials to success, in treating spavins, are counter-irritation ^ I IB ^^^ ^^^^' "^ cured spavin is one in ^ li_a^V which the inflamed joint is firmly Fig. 44. Bone-spavin, welded tcgethcr by the bony bunch or as shown on bones . i* . i o£ the hock-joint, exostosis, SO there IS no motion m the joint. This stops all irritation, and, as a result, the horse goes without limping. A spavined horse is always unsound, and an expert can detect such an animal, even though a "cured" one, by seeing the ani- mal move. Spavins are more successfully treated in young animals than in old. In some cases, spavins resist all forms of treatment and the horse remains. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mayo, Nelson Slater, 1866-. New York, Macmillan; London, Macmillan
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