Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . SLIGHT ENLARGEMENT WHICH MAY END FISTULOUS WITHERS—WORjT STAGE. IN FISTULOUS WITHERS. running sores follow, pipes are formed and constitute fistulous withers,(Ihistelce of the horse doctor and cow leech). BODY OF THE HOUSE, ITS EXTERNAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES. 381 How to know It.—A constant discharge is seen to come from the
Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . SLIGHT ENLARGEMENT WHICH MAY END FISTULOUS WITHERS—WORjT STAGE. IN FISTULOUS WITHERS. running sores follow, pipes are formed and constitute fistulous withers,(Ihistelce of the horse doctor and cow leech). BODY OF THE HOUSE, ITS EXTERNAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES. 381 How to know It.—A constant discharge is seen to come from theswelling around the withers and run down over the shoulder. The pipesconveying the pus are white, with thick w^alls, and very tough. The pu&iis ordinary healthy pus, unless the bones of the spine are affected, whichis often the case, and then the pus will have the strong offensive odorcharacteristic of caried bone. What to do.—The knife must be used freely, but cautiously, and itis urged, as in all similar cases, to employ a qualified veterinary surgeonif possible. But if it is impossible to procure one, make the best of abad case and open the sinuses right up from top to bottom. If thereis a large hollow space on the tops of the bones under the skin, ope
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