The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . puncture should be made atthe lowest margin of the swell-ing, and upon its inner out the fluid and keep thewalls of the sac in apposition byapplying an antiseptic bandage should be rolledaround the knee from abovedownwards, and allowed to re-main without change for five orsix days, if no inconvenience iscaused to the patient. If signsof pains are manifested, thebandage should be removed andadjusted. Milch cows kept in-doors are liable to have enormously en-larged kn
The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . puncture should be made atthe lowest margin of the swell-ing, and upon its inner out the fluid and keep thewalls of the sac in apposition byapplying an antiseptic bandage should be rolledaround the knee from abovedownwards, and allowed to re-main without change for five orsix days, if no inconvenience iscaused to the patient. If signsof pains are manifested, thebandage should be removed andadjusted. Milch cows kept in-doors are liable to have enormously en-larged knees from distention of this bursa, caused by bruisingwhile lying upon floors. These may be opened with best method is to insert a seton right through the swellingand allow it to remain in for three or four weeks, the knee to beprotected from further injury by a good, thick bed, or by athick flannel bandage wrapped round it. CARPITIS, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE KNEE. This joint, one of the most beautiful structures in the body,is seldom diseased, unless from the infliction of direct or indirect. Fig, 42—Bursal Enlargementsof Fetlocks. Commonlyknown as wind gall. 196 THE STOCK OWXEks ADVISEE. injury. The disease is most frequently seen in young animals,race horses, and hunters. Concussion from galloping on hardground may produce it. The inflammation may involve thewhole articulation, or only a part. When the whole joint be-comes affected, it is liable to produce partial or complete anchy-losis of the knee-joint, and interfere with usefulness of the ani-mal. The osseous deposits are generally situated on the innerside of the joint, seldom extending to the bones of the upper row. Symptoms.—^Difficulty in extending and a peculiar curved orrotary motion of the limb; the animal does not flex the knee,stands pretty firmly, and steps slightly further with the lamethan with the sound limb. Heat and swelling are generallyabsent, and therefore the diagTiosis is difficult. One of
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