The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . urse of eight or tendays. In eighteen or twenty days theanimal is usually fit to put to work. Thedisease is seen in the spring months. T R E A T M E N T.—The treatment ofstrangles is very simple. Place thepatient in a loose box, and give abundant pure air. The bodyshould be well clothed. The diet should consist of easily digestedfood. Alcohol, on-e ounce, or nitrous aether, one ounce, shouldbe given three times a day. Nitrate of potash in three-drachmdoses should be given three times a da
The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . urse of eight or tendays. In eighteen or twenty days theanimal is usually fit to put to work. Thedisease is seen in the spring months. T R E A T M E N T.—The treatment ofstrangles is very simple. Place thepatient in a loose box, and give abundant pure air. The bodyshould be well clothed. The diet should consist of easily digestedfood. Alcohol, on-e ounce, or nitrous aether, one ounce, shouldbe given three times a day. Nitrate of potash in three-drachmdoses should be given three times a day, dissolved in the drinkingwater or given in a drench. If the pulse is weak, a half ounce ofalcohol may be given three times a day. The animal should bewalked in the w^arm sun. The camphorated liniment should beapplied to the swelling under the jaw, or turpentine, ammonia,and linseed oil, equal parts, may be used, and ultimately a flyblister. When the abscess begins to fluctuate, it should be there are symptoms of suffocation the surgeon should be calledin and a tracheotomy tube Fig. 84—RegularStrangles. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 343 Irregular strangles should be treated in the same way locally;but constitutionally, an effort must be made to support the systemby good food and tonics. The animal must be protected fromthe weather, and should receive the best attention. The horseshould be made to inhale steam, with a little turpentine added tothe water. The local lesions are much more severe than in the
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