. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. ISO DISEASES OF thin; the membranes of the mouth, nose and eyes are white and pale, showing the bloodless state to which the beast is reduced. Stiffness of the joints soon presents itself, consequent upon infiltration of serum into the bursse of the joint, causing much swelling. In certain parts of Eng- land it is called the "; Finally the animal is reduced to a skeleton, and dies within a few mon
. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. ISO DISEASES OF thin; the membranes of the mouth, nose and eyes are white and pale, showing the bloodless state to which the beast is reduced. Stiffness of the joints soon presents itself, consequent upon infiltration of serum into the bursse of the joint, causing much swelling. In certain parts of Eng- land it is called the "; Finally the animal is reduced to a skeleton, and dies within a few months to a year from the first appear- ance of the disease. Treatment. The first thing to be done is to have the animal removed to high and dry pasture lands, which may be the means of cutting short the disease, before much injury has been done it. Give plenty of salt and the preparation of soda and lime, with good food of a nutritious quality. A few doses of commercial sulphuric acid highly diluted—say half an ounce by weight, given once a day in half a bucket of cold water —and, if necessary, a few doses of iron and gentian, will arrest the disease. Oalvin^.—^This is an operation of nature, which most dairymen and farmers are familiar with, and upon which we will say comparatively little. Before we do this, however, a short description of the symptoms by which it is known when a cow is in calf, will be given. Symptoms. The first and most important symptoms of a cow being with calf, is the absence of oestromania or bulling. This, however, is not altogether relied upon in some cows, for there are cases in which a pregnant cow will receive the bull up to the time of calving. The next, and probably the more sure sign of a cow being with calf, is the increas- ed size of the belly. The hand placed firmly against the flank or por- tion, where there are no ribs ; a hard, firm body will be felt, which is the calf. As time passes along, the movements of the calf in the womb can
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