VETERINARY QUERIES,

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 38

VETERINARY QUERIES,

f-Amwcred by » fluly qualified Veterlnc.ry Surgeon, ("Jnorlca muct be reoeired bjr Kohday nlgUt lo ensure roplj kt vacceeding Issue. l Inquiiub— l am not aware of any medicine which will expel the "bot" from a horse's stomach until it has attained its full development and is capable of exeicising an independent life 'Ihen it will detach itself f torn llic &tomach and pasa off with the excrement. Medicine administered at that time would be' of advantage. The fi-Hcwing compound is sometimes administeied, and isiec nimuuiedas a vermifuge :— Powdered mals fmi 2nz, powdered pop'ar baik io?,, common Fait <kz, sulijburSoz, powdered aloes lcz, nuy, ■• nd dividi: in! o 18 powders, and give one viali and morning in the foal. It is easy to pjvo the liM'te medicine, lait the " bot" is in its own elexrent h.jpgi:'g l>y the walls of the stomach, and will ouly take what plcx.iea itself. Flao — (1) Kte answer to "Inquirer"; (2) not

under ordinary circumstances. J. T. Me —Without havir.g an examination it is impossible to say what disease your horse is labouring under. Bathe the swelling? with a solution of alum, two lablespoonfuls to a quatt of water, and the following nieciioini may be of service :— Take, sublimed sulphur 4 oz, in irate of potash 2rz, black antimony 2oz, powdered gentian 4uz, airl powdered feru^retk 4 'Z ; mix, and give a tablespoonful ii^liis fe-A nioimag and night.