VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1916, 30 October 1890, Page 20

VETERINARY QUERIES.

[Answered by n qualified Veterinary Surgeon.— Queries must be received by Monday night to ea« sure reply in the succeeding Issue.] -^ Matauba. - The disease affecting your colt seems to bo itrangles. From tome cnune the tumour has failed to mature in the usual way, but has gone back and f rrotd in other parts of the body. In these cieea they require vpry careful treatment, and recovery is generally slow and sometimes incomplete, as it. is usual v complicnted, and would require an examination by a. qualified expert. J. P., Berwick.— A IU r examining the macerated food totwapled by a on, tnW>n (join tho rumen of a eh-i'p, nlciiig with a description of the post' mortem appiarauce, and condition of the animals uauallj attacked, jou nruvv rest assured it is tho direr B« knov n ji red water which has appeared anioi.gbt ><nr floe'<. It it a faulty etate of the bio >o ; but. i' >ou hail your postmortems coiuluct'-d lij an rxperieiiofd professional expert he could sli <v, you an unhealthy state of tho liver, secirtii g abnormal bile, which enters the circulai ion and vitiHtes the blood ; hence the kidney*, whesu mi ction is 'o keep that liquid pure, in turn beco"- c enlarged and diseased, which is only a secondary development oi the disease. It is a derm tied state of the digestive system, shown by the dropsiral effusion into the abdominal cavity, and in sheep is generally caused by allowing them to fred on rieb inarshi pasture. In this ca-e. in tuy opinion, it is not'due to any single plant, but to the general quality of the herbage; a r id by drainage, and otherwise Improving the pasture, and allowing tree aoceos to rockialt, in course of time the ailment will disappear from your fiook. Novick, Hae's Junction.— There fs always a daoger in having a home improperly treated when attacked by any disease, on account of the after effects. Sumo of the delicate tissues nißy become altered or partially obliterated, and fail to perform their functions, hence become incurable. But on a careful examination it would be unwise for any one to attempt treatment. Blisters to the throat might in some cases aotaa a palliative. J. H., Lurasden -Please turn up answer to query in veterinary column, Otngo Witness, October 16, which ueema to be the same disease your cow la suffering from, but in a milder form. J. R.W., Roslyn.— lt would only be experimenting to indicate treatment without a professional examination*