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Show I VETERINflRy SCIEN6E 1 I Edited by Dr. H. J. Frederick, State Agricultural Collect. ' f INQUIRIES ANSWERED. I have a marc that has pains in her abdomen after a hard days work. She will roll around for hours at times. I dont know what to do for her. Can you recommend some remedy? J. O. ANDERSON, Salina. Answer by Dr. Frederick, A. C. U. From your description of the case it is difficult to make a diagnosis. It would be necessary to know how long this, affection has been attacking your animal. Also the kind of feed you arc allowing it and1 full description of the symptoms and the duration of the same. From what you say I believe the blood is affected, possibly some stop;-age stop;-age along the intestinal tract, or parasites para-sites cither in the blood vessels or surrounding tissues. I would advise the following prescription: pre-scription: Iodi Rcsub. 3 drams; Potass. Po-tass. Iodi. Vt drams; Aqua, 12 ounces. Mix and give one ounce three times daily in J4 pint of water. This may be continued for a week or ten days and should alcviatc the trouble. o Deseret Farmer: I have a colt about nine months old; was weaned about two months ago; have ibetn feeding him. in stable since weaned. Seems to be doing alright excepting the bad habit he is getting into; of biting feed box, or what we call cribbing, crib-bing, constantly biting box and manger, man-ger, making a disagreeable noise in his throat as if sucking in wind. I would appreciate a remedy for trouble. trou-ble. JACOB JENSON, Brigham, City. Answer by Dr. Frederick, A. C. U. Cribber, or Stump Sucker. This is a very bad habit, and after once being acquired it is very difficult to overcome in an animal. They usually us-ually loose flesh and will not do very well. I would advise moving all things in the stable, that the animal puts his teeth against. I would tie his"head in such a way that he could not apply 'his- teeth "and 'lips to any object. Feed him a laxative, nutri- I tious diet and give him plenty of ex-. a crcisc. We sometimes apply a collar made of slats the length of the neck J around the entire neck so that the J animal cannot curve its head and get 1 it down onto some object to perform J the act of cribbing. If this docs not overcome the con- 3 dition an operation will be necessary The operation should! only be under- . taken by a veterinarian who under- stands the anatomy of the .parts. One of the muscles of the neck has to be i cut and a piece taken out so that i the animal cannot gel its head in po- '. sition for cribbng. By the time this wound heals the animal will have ov- 1 crcomc the condition. a |