FIRST AID IN STABLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18387, 1 May 1923, Page 12

FIRST AID IN STABLE.

Horses from the nature of their work, are peculiarly liable to accidents resulting in wounds of a more or less serious character. Thanks to the modem introduction of the antiseptic treatment into the stable, wounds "which • formerly led to serious trouble are less common than in past times. Whenever a wound takes place (says London Live Stock Journal) it should" be treated as early as possible with an antiseptic dressing. The antiseptic dressings that may bo used are various— slightly differing in their action to others. A three per cent, solution of carbolic acid may be applied, or one of the "fluids" popularly known to the majority of the public. Should the wound be severe and gaping no time should be lost in obtaining the services of a veterinary surgeon to stitch or suture its lips together and to be afterwards, of, course, allowed to follow up his own j method of curative treatment. Meanwhile, before he appears on the scene the application of an antiseptic dressing will aid ajid not retard recovery under the hands of the professional man. On farms, where horse breeding is pursued or a number of horses are kept, a roomy, wellventilated box should always be ready for immediate use in case of illness or accident, no matter how full the stables are. If this precaution is neglect-ed there is a possibility of having to shift animals about to run hither and thither, disturb- j ing the whole establishment in the middle j of the night., on Sunday, or some other in- ! convenient time. The hospital box should j also progress in the breeding of purebred j stock. In fact, the more comfortable it is ' made the better it is for the sick horse , and everybody concerned in his elf are. j