ANIMAL AILMENTS.
(Abridged from Agricultural Exchanges.) HORSES. HOESB INJURED BY FAIL. O. D.— A five-year-old gelding, used in harness and cart, got a fall about three weeks ago, and was used four or five days after the fall, till he showed lameness and swelling of the knees and back sinews. 1 used biniodide of mercury, 20 to 1, which blistered the parts, and the old skin has come away, and the hair is growing all right from the use of vaseline, which you recommended in last week's Gazette. He does not seem right in his movement in the side, although he has been in a loose box for 16 days. The swelling is all gone ; but on the off fore leg he seems weak in the fetlock joint, which seems, in moving, to bend or knuckle over, and ho stumbles. Answer: Let the horse out for a short time each day ; also feed him well with boiled oats and bran when in the stable. Dog's fat, rendered the same as lard, you will find an invaluable agent to strengthen the joints and back sinews. You must npply it by rubbing well in each day until a blistering of the limb is affected ; and do not bandage. LAME MAKE. D. S.— About 10 days ago my mare was found one morning to be a little lame on one of her hind feet, and on examining her I found a thick welt at back of pastern ; the skin rubbed, but not cut. I immediately concluded she got the rope of her head stall caught in it, as she is in the habit of turning her rump to the manger, and the rope, I found, was too long. I rubbed vaseline on the part daily, and bathed it, including the fetlock joint, with warm water. I used her under the trap, and did some grass rolling with her, which I now think should not have been done till she got all right. The fetlock joint, and above it, being somewhat swollen, I subsequently rubbed into it some ointment — biniodide of mercury— which, I think, must have been severe, as the part seemed to become more swollen. Thea I stubed her well, and rubbed .her with vaseline, which reduced the swelling, and the welt has all but disappeared. I have stopped giving her oats; bran mash only. Please advise. Answer: Your treatment, under the circumstances, has not been correct. Administer at once the following ball :— Aloes, Barbadoes, 2dr ; calomel, ldr ; nitre, |oz ; treacle sufficient to make the dose, with a small quantity of ginger. Apply a large poultice of boiled turnips, linseed meal, and bran, equal parts, tied with a bondage above the fetlock. Next morning bathe well with warm water, and subsequently, until satisfactory results are obtained, sponge the following on liberally three times daily :— Tincture of arnica, 4oz ; water, 4oz. PIKING FOR SIDEBONES— PREVENTION OF STRINGHALT. T. P. — Would you recommend firing in the case of side bones in a hunter, or what severe blister? (2) Is there any preventive for stringhalt, as I see a symptom of it in an eight -year -old hunter? Answer : Mild firing with the pyropunctive iron, and a blister applied afterwards, is your best treatment. (2) No prevention. No euro, as far as we are aware of. There has been an operation resorted to, with success, according to some French veterinary surgeons.
ANIMAL AILMENTS.
Otago Witness, Issue 1880, 2 December 1887, Page 8
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