. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. DISEASES OF THE FORE-LIMB 149 the preventive treatment consists in hindering the animal from taking a position that may favor injnrv to the part. Confining the animal in a small stall and tying it with too short a halter strap favors a sternal position when lying dowm. A roomy stall that pennits the animal to stretch or change position is an im- portant preventive measure. Shoes that project beyond the qnar-. FiG. 32.—Shoe-boil. ters shonld be avoided. The elbow may be protected by placing a thick pad over the heels when the animal is in
. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. DISEASES OF THE FORE-LIMB 149 the preventive treatment consists in hindering the animal from taking a position that may favor injnrv to the part. Confining the animal in a small stall and tying it with too short a halter strap favors a sternal position when lying dowm. A roomy stall that pennits the animal to stretch or change position is an im- portant preventive measure. Shoes that project beyond the qnar-. FiG. 32.—Shoe-boil. ters shonld be avoided. The elbow may be protected by placing a thick pad over the heels when the animal is in the stable. Local treatment varies according to the character of the enlargement. Soft, doughy swellings may be treated by aj^pli- cation of cold, iodine and blisters. The cystic form of tumor must be opened, the fluid removed and the lining membrane destroyed by the injection of tincture of iodine. Hard, indurated. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Craig, Robert Alexander, 1872-. Philadelphia London, J. B. Lippincott company
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