The care of animals : a book of brief and popular advice on the diseases and ailments of farm animals . ize for a time, butthis is not to be feared. The blistermay be repeated in three or four the blister has been applied, a runat pasture is excellent, the high-heelshoe being left on. In bad cases, it isoften a good plan to fire the spavinat once. In firing a spavin, the usualplan is to feather or line fireclear around the joint ; then to put afew punctures in the region of thebunch, care being taken not to openthe joint. The essentials to success, intreating spavins, are counter-i
The care of animals : a book of brief and popular advice on the diseases and ailments of farm animals . ize for a time, butthis is not to be feared. The blistermay be repeated in three or four the blister has been applied, a runat pasture is excellent, the high-heelshoe being left on. In bad cases, it isoften a good plan to fire the spavinat once. In firing a spavin, the usualplan is to feather or line fireclear around the joint ; then to put afew punctures in the region of thebunch, care being taken not to openthe joint. The essentials to success, intreating spavins, are counter-irritationand rest. A cured spavin is one inwhich the inflamed joint is firmlywelded tegether by the bony bunch orexostosis, so there is no motion in thejoint. This stops all irritation, and, as a result, thehorse goes without limping. A spavined horse isalways unsound, and an expert can detect such ananimal, even though a cured one, by seeing the ani-mal move. Spavins are more successfully treated inyoung animals than in old. In some cases, spavinsresist all forms of treatment and the horse remains. Fig. 44. Bone-spavin,as shown on bonesof the hock-joint. Spavin — Ring - hone 231 seriously and permanently lame. In a majority ofcases, spavins can be treated successfully, the lamenesswill disappear, and the horse can perform ordinarylabor with little, if any, inconvenience. Occult spavins, when there is no visible bony bunch,are difficult to remed}. After the joint is well knittogether and the lameness disappears, the exostosis, orbunch, will usually be absorbed and disappear. A lightblister, rubbed on occasionally, will assist in remov-ing it. Bog-spavin is a very different dis-ease and is separately treated nearthe end of this Chapter (page 238). RING - BONE This name is applied to the samecondition as a spavin, except that itoccurs on the pastern-joint, rarelythe coffin-joint, on any one of thefour legs. There is inflammation of the joint, followed by exostosis, and Fig. 45.
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