LECTURE BY MR H. 0. WILKIE F.R.C.V.S.

Otago Witness, Issue 2630, 10 August 1904, Page 8

LECTURE BY MR H. 0. WILKIE F.R.C.V.S.

There was a large attendance of farmers and horse-owners at the Palm-erston Town Hall on Saturday afternoon (=ays the P. and W. Times of the 22nd ult.), when Mr H. C. "Wilkie, Government veterinaiy surgeon, delivered a lecture on "Some of the Common Troubles of Foalhood."

Mr James Ross, president of the local branch of the Farmers' Union, occupied the chair, and in his introductory remarks expressed a hope that Mr Wilkie would be able to visit them more frequently in future. A knowledge, of veterinary matters was indispensable to farmers and owners of stock. Mr Wilkie, who was received with applause, said ho had chosen as his subject a consideration of a few of the comnrnnest disorders of foals which occur between the time of birth and that of weaning, at the a@e of from five-to six- months. Most of the conditions -he would bring under their notice were of daily occurrence, while several of them admitted of very simple remedies, and. it was within his knowledge that ths conditions mentioned annually caused the loss of many valuable animal's to the farmers 'and horse^bi-eeders of the colony. Mr Wdlkie went on to touch briefly on the various diseases and troubles most oommon to foals, and he illustrated his remarks with drawings on the black board. The remedies suggested by Mr Wilkie were in most instances exceedingly simple, and could be easily applied by horse-owneis without tho assistance of a surgeon. Persistent urachus. constipatiorif indigestion, and joint evil, or navel ill, were some of the diseases common to foals dealt with by the lecturer, and in each case the- symptoms and treatment were set "forth in terms which were easily understood by those present. In concluding, Mr Wilkie said that there were a gr^at many: ether matters of importance concerning tho early period in the life of the horse which he had mo time to touch upon, but he hoped that the few remarks he had made would piove of service to those present. — (Applause.) A hearty vote of thanks to Mr Wilkie, proposed by Mr D. Miller (president of the A- and P. Association) and seconded by Mr A. Gilmore, was carried .by acclamation. Mr Wilkie briefly responded 1 , and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.