The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . Fig. 123—Stringhalt. when the animal first comes from the stable and during coldweather. It is due to some lesion of the nervous system. Symptoms.—To detect the disease when slis:ht, he should bemade to walk forward, and turn to first one side and then theother. While doing this the animal should be excited by usingthe whip. Walk him forward, trot him, and excite him with thewhip. Some horses only show it in the stable by being made to •diseases of the nekvous system. 405 step from side t
The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . Fig. 123—Stringhalt. when the animal first comes from the stable and during coldweather. It is due to some lesion of the nervous system. Symptoms.—To detect the disease when slis:ht, he should bemade to walk forward, and turn to first one side and then theother. While doing this the animal should be excited by usingthe whip. Walk him forward, trot him, and excite him with thewhip. Some horses only show it in the stable by being made to •diseases of the nekvous system. 405 step from side to side. Some will trot along for eight or tensteps, and then jerk up the foot. The disease is incurable, and is not worth while treating. SHIVERING. Shivering is a form of chorea, and is due to some lesion of thenervous system, perhaps the spinal cord. It affects the posteriorparts principally. Symptoms.—It is seen most when the animal is backing orendeavoring to back. He has great difficulty in backing, andbecomes excited. There is muscular twitching, with elevationsand quivering of the tail.
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