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Show " J " 1 i I VETERINARY SCIENCE T Edited by Dr. H. J. Frederick, I . State Agricultural College. 1 Monroe, Utah, July 26, '08. 1 Editor Dcscrct Farmer: I have a mare three years old, nice well built and weighs ab'out 1200 or 1250; good and true in her work, but she will bcalright apparently when we quit work, and in ten minutes after unhitching un-hitching she will bloat like a foundered foun-dered cow and again she will bloat while in the harness, in fact I do not know when to expect it. When in this condition she will lie down stretched out and moves very little, but seems to be in the most misery when moving. Please answer through your paper the oausc and treatment for the same. J.'E. CLOWATtD. Answer by H. J. Frederick, A. C. U. Acute Intestinal Indigestion in the Horse. (Intestinal Tympany.).... The case you describe seems to be "fra case of indigestion. This is very often caused from the food the ani- mal is cllowed to cat. Sometimes by the lack of sufficient water causing a stoppage of the intestinal tract. The blood vessels may become stopped stop-ped and in this way paralysis of a ! part of the intestine may take place, leading to the symptoms you describe. It may also be caused by watering after a large feed of grain or roughage rough-age then put bo excessive work. Fermentation Fer-mentation taking place in the stomach stom-ach and intestines causing a collection collec-tion of gas which would manifest itself it-self by prodding and colicy pains. You should feed such animals laxative laxa-tive foods, avoid new grain and hay that is must or spoiled and not wat- Icr immediately after taking in a large feed of this WJnd. If the animal continues con-tinues to show these sy.mptdms under un-der this treatment you may use oil of turpentine, two ounces, oil of peppermint, pep-permint, one-half ounce, in a pint of raw linseed oil, give as a drench u one dose. This will have a tendency to stop the formation of gas and overcome over-come the condition. If tha's 'should fail administer two ounces of chloral hydrate in solution in water at one dose. Give the animal rest and I believe be-lieve the condition will subside en- tircly. It would also be well during these attacks to use a encmata of soap suds. Force ?ta lrt'gh up into thcr rectum as, possible after raking but same. This usually relieves in most instances. n |
