Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . r a foal until it is dry, it is in seriousdanger of contracting a cold, which more likely thannot will terminate in pneumonia. Lying upon cold ordamp ground is also dangerous. The first thing to attract attention in cases such asthis, will be a dullness and weakness of the foal. Ifat this stage of the disease the membranes of the eyesappear red, there is no help for its life, for it is sureto go. If the ear is placed at the side of the foal justbehind the elbow, a rasping or rattling soun
Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . r a foal until it is dry, it is in seriousdanger of contracting a cold, which more likely thannot will terminate in pneumonia. Lying upon cold ordamp ground is also dangerous. The first thing to attract attention in cases such asthis, will be a dullness and weakness of the foal. Ifat this stage of the disease the membranes of the eyesappear red, there is no help for its life, for it is sureto go. If the ear is placed at the side of the foal justbehind the elbow, a rasping or rattling sound will beheard. After death, the autopsy will disclose a thick,dark blood, and the blackened lungs. All that can bedone Avith such cases is to try and prevent them. One DISEASES OF THE HORSE 165 thing that can be done is to have the foals come has been shown in a previous chapter that the lossof foals is confined largely to the early ones. If onemust have them come early, every means should beemployed in an effort to keep them warm, and Avhereno wind can strike them until thev are well Figure 41. The bacillus of navel infection. (1200 diame-ters.) Only think wliat it would mean, if a man was to takea hot batli at a temperature of one hundred degrees,and immediately step into a room without clothingwhere the temperature was as low as fifty is what the young foal does in many instances,and resulting in the loss of many. 166 STUDIES IN HOKSE BKEEDING The Navel Infection of Foals is another disease re-sulting in much loss to breeders. This also, is atrouble of early foals. It is a true germ disease thebacillus being shown in figure 41. This bacillus cannot be propagated without oxygen, hence is alwaysfound near the surface of the ground. Nor will it mul-tiply at a high temperature, which accounts for itspresence in the early spring. Wet situations are fa-vorable to their development. Prevention is the besttreatment, and consists of absolute cleanliness
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