INFLUENZA IN HORSES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14276, 17 August 1910, Page 6

INFLUENZA IN HORSES.

REMEDIES RECO.VIMENDED. A paragraph in Monday's "Herald''' stated una many lior.-es in the Otaio district are sulfering from inilueiiza. The following information regarding this disease. Ironi •■Scaiiimvil's Cyclopedia of Receipts" may be useful to the owners of horses aliecied:—

Jnihienza, or Kpidemk; Catarrh. —Also called Pink-five JJistcmper and Epizootic. Generally prevails in wet and damp seasons, or ivlini horses are crammed together ill stock yards and stables, and lilthmess is allowed to prodominate. Tliu f-yiiniLoii.s are a cough; slight watery or tuiit mucous discharge from the nostril-.; eyes become very rod; water collects in the inner corner of the eye; pul.-e very quick; appetite fails; excessive debiluy; heart siimctimes violenilv agitated; Hanks heaving, and feet sometimes 1n,;.; in the earlv .stages the membra ne-: of the nose wiil be ioimd pale or of a leaden colour. .In some instances the disease is ushered ill wifk a chiil. Treatment : jr iidhuiimaiioii jams high, give for severai davs the following: Tartar emetic aml nitrate of potash, of each. 2 V,r. : make into a ball with malaises, and give at night. Give also in a pail of water, .1. nz spirits nitro. twice a dav. or L> <lr. extract belladonna, dissolved in water. When the inflammation is reduced, give 1. of. the following balls, night and morning ; Pulverised gentian root ami nitrate of poias-ai. of each. 1 ok. ; pulverized -Jamaica greek seeds, 0 dr.: mix with molasses,, and divale m; 0 8 halls. "J n pure cases oi debility, or in the earlv stages. ' previous to extensive iufla mmation'~bemg established, g.ve 1 of the following twice, a day: Sulphate of iron (green vitriol,. L'o/.. ; pulverized ginger. 1. oz. • pulverized geniisu root. L > u z. : m i x with m,,las>es. a.ml divide into K halls ill the lungs are ail'ocird. i.; V( . ih- |ol- ! lowing, twice a. day: Tartar emetic and pulverized digitalis, of each, i ' S o • nitrate of notash, ?! (!r . : mix | molasses. Linked tea or oatmeal gruel I slioukl ho giv.-n irciiuently. ,\o hav i snould he given unless tbe bowels are in good condition. If ih o lj VPr -j s ;I ;i' ( ., ( . t _ cd which may be known by the yellow tinge oi the mucous membrane ■"' dun" ■-mall ami hard: horse lying on his sid" and occasional fim of uneasiness, give the. following, but. il must not lir"repeated: 3 dr. liarbadoes aloes: calomel and pulverized digitalis, of each ', ,\r • make into a ball with molasses.' \\Tioii there is sorene-s or swelling <-,f j nCj throat, the parts should be f roo i v bnstered. If the cough continues troublesome afterwards, a scion should bo inserted m the ihroat in the position shown in tho illustration. This disease oi'ien spreads rapidly. Green food must lie given as enriv as possibleand in a neighbourhood whore' the aV. tack has commenced, each horse should bo giren 1 or 2 oz. of hyposulphite of soda (according to size), once » day. in water, a.s a precautionary measure.