A treatise on the horse and his diseases .. . Make into a ball and give at one dose repeating every day for severaldays. Prepare the above balls as they are wanted each day as the iodideof potassium should be kept in a vial until it is wanted for use. Alwaysbegin the treatment as soon as possible. WIND GALLS. Soft swellings or enlargements just above the fetlockjoints, which are caused by over-exertion or sprains. They are of asimilar nature to blood spavin and may be treated the same; or placeexactly on the wind galls pieces of cork covered with cloth large enoughto press them down, and wet w
A treatise on the horse and his diseases .. . Make into a ball and give at one dose repeating every day for severaldays. Prepare the above balls as they are wanted each day as the iodideof potassium should be kept in a vial until it is wanted for use. Alwaysbegin the treatment as soon as possible. WIND GALLS. Soft swellings or enlargements just above the fetlockjoints, which are caused by over-exertion or sprains. They are of asimilar nature to blood spavin and may be treated the same; or placeexactly on the wind galls pieces of cork covered with cloth large enoughto press them down, and wet with the Spavin Cure, and keep the corkspressed on the galls by a rubber bandage to keep up the pressure, onlyremoving when the horse is used and to wet the compress. Apply only a little of the Spavin Cure to the compress and be care-ful not to have it so tight as to cause strangulation of the leg but haveit as tight as can be and not cause strangulation. WORMS. There are several kinds of worms which infest the horse 36 TAENIA. (TAPE WORM.). some of which produce a vastamount of mischief. TAENIA. (TAPE WORM.)These trouble the young most-ly and are usually caused bystarving the mare when withfoal, and breeding from oldanimals. The dam and sireThe horse rubs his nose violently against a wall should be in perfect health ifwhen there is irritation from worms. a valuable colt is desired. Gentle work is always better for the mare than to remain without When tape-worm is present there is checked development,large abdomen, large head, long legs, ravenous appetite, unhealthycoat, body thin, fetid breath. The colt picks and bites its own hair,rubs its nose against a wall, or strains it violently upwards. Treatment. Give spirits of turpentine. For a colt three months oldgive from one fourth to one half ounce; six months old one half to oneounce; one year, one to one and a half ounces; two years, one and onehalf to two ounces; four years, three to four ounces. Also procureone
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