VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 51

VETERINARY QUERIES.

[Answered by a duly qualified Veterinary flurI geon. Queries mast be received bj MONDAY j uight to ensure rep'.y in the succeeding issue.} Farther writes : " I bave a liorss that was kicked on the back of the hind leg, nearly at the bottom of the hock. The horse is getting ovei the lameness, but the hock is still swollen. The cut should have been stitched at the time, but it was left too long. Th e flesh that came out of the cut has formed a hard, fleshy lump nearly the size of a hen's egg. J have been putting bluestone on it to try to eat it dojvn, but it does not get smaller."— — Answer: It would be better to allow the wound to thoroughly heal up. Afterwards you might blister, or paint a, little tincture" of iodine over the swelling once p day. Subscriber to Witness. — Not having the advantage of "examining youi mare, it is difficult to prescribe a successful cure. You might try a dos c of ra.w linseed oil, with an ounce of tincture of opium. At the same time, rub the lower part of the I abdomen with embrocation, repeating the I treatment if necessary. I Ardgowan writes : " I have noticed that one _ of the forelegs of a foal three weeks old is getting crooked. It has not travelled any gr«at distance. When the rn£re goes to the water she has rather a steep pinch to c.imb. Do you think that would cause the trouble? After the- foal was born it lost a good d-eal of blood from the navel cord, and was weak for a day ox two." Answer: As your fcal is very young, it mi; "it be wise to leave the matter to Nature ir the meantime. The leg will likely straighten up without any medicinal treatment, notwithstanding the steep pinch you mention.