Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . heyhad to stand up the whole time, and had had no exercise. Equallybad effects would of course be produced under similar conditionson land. Inattention to the predisposing influence which want ofexercise has in setting up laminitis, has been the cause of manythousands of recently landed horses being rendered unfit for serviceduring the late South African war. Laminitis brought on byexcessive work is much more intractable than laminitis due to allother causes, except that of infection of the womb after foaling. 3. Inte
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . heyhad to stand up the whole time, and had had no exercise. Equallybad effects would of course be produced under similar conditionson land. Inattention to the predisposing influence which want ofexercise has in setting up laminitis, has been the cause of manythousands of recently landed horses being rendered unfit for serviceduring the late South African war. Laminitis brought on byexcessive work is much more intractable than laminitis due to allother causes, except that of infection of the womb after foaling. 3. Intestinal congestion, caused by indigestible food, severe pur-gatives, etc. Purgatives like aloes and Epsom salts act by pro-ducing congestion of the mucous membrane of the intestine, whichcauses a discharge of watery fluid from that membrane into thebowel, and consequent purging. When food is to blame in thisrespect, it generally consists of wheat, barley, or maize given inexcessive quantities. 4. Inflammation of the womb from foaling {septic metritis). ACUTE LAAimiTLS. 187. Fig. 58.—A foot which has suffered from laminitis.
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