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Show I VETERINARY SGIEN6E I Edited by Dr. H. J. Frederick, State Agricultural College. VETERINARY SCIENCE. Heaves Broken Wind. (Dyspnoea). This is a chronic affection of horses manifested by hurried wheezy brcath-' brcath-' . aggravated by close muggy weather, a full stomach, certain kinds of diet and by exercise. It is characterized char-acterized by a double lifting- of the flank with every expiration, by ,a small weak, dry .cough often occuring in spasms and easily icxcitcd by a drink of cold water, by a fibcrous quality of food and by a marked disorder dis-order of the digestive organs. The disease is the result of faulty feeding and working, though diseases o the air passages contribute to its development. develop-ment. The mere overloading of the stomach is a cause of the development develop-ment of heaves. Most horses ate compelled to perform hard work on a full stomach. Cancful observation shows that driving a horse on a full stomach often causes broken wind and nothing will more assuredly ag gr,avAtq..it when it exists. The same may be aid of. drinking large quantities quan-tities of water after feeding and just before going to work. Gross feeders arc' above all others the subjects of the complaint. . Broken wind is mostly a disease of old' horses, though young animals may bcaffcctcd'. However, this would in- ... dii.Gatc an hereditary predisposition, as there is no doubt that the shallow, weak chest is a predisposing feature to this and other complaints. The general tendency is to persist but by a judicious course of treatment treat-ment many cases may be checked in their progress and greatly relieved and even cured. One of the best things to do for a broken winded animal ani-mal is to turn him on pasture for a month or two. This will cure most mild) cases. Such animals when licpt up should have a laxative form of diet, feeding on dry grain with a limited lim-ited supply of hay and water will enable en-able many broken winded horses to work with comparative case and comfort. com-fort. The aliment should be principally princi-pally oats, bran and ibarlcy and succulent suc-culent grass, turnips, carrots, beets nnd potatoes. The ruffagc allowed should be clean and free from any dlust or mould. Better still, if the above food is given chopped or cooked the restorative action is enhancing. en-hancing. If this docs not overcome the condition a prolonged course of arsenic often causes the symptoms to disappear. From five to fifteen grains of arsenic may be given on grain daily until symptoms disappear or poisoning manifests itself. Poisoning is manifested by a loss of appetite, CQlicy pains, red and watery eyes, and NvMityi. these .symptoms appear the medicine should be suspended and given some days later in smaller doses. Many animals overcome the condition by giving equal parts of lime water and raw linseed oil, one pint of each daily for four or five days and repeated after a rest of three or four days. There arc many cases of heaves in horses that arc unsatisfactory unsatis-factory to treat. |