Show OF HORSES fistulas may exist in any part of the animals body 4 among more common causes are chafing by the halter or heavy bridle blows from whip and hone horse striking head prepared by br tto tr unil J 1 states depart ment of ot agriculture the word mord fistula Is 13 applied to any ulcerous lesion upon tho the external ual sur u face of the body which Is by ducts or passages with internal calaty 1 may exist la in any part of the body but tho the name has come to be commonly com comm mouly oaly accepted as applicable only to such lesions when hen found upon the there poll evil Is a fistula upon the poll and in no lause diff ziffira tirs from fistulous withers il except la in location tho description ot fistula will apply thin in 10 tho the mulo to poll ul equally well uell quitter presents the char character acte r tubular passages ot of a fistula and may therefore be con Miltred anil anti treated as fistula of the foot I 1 passages may alvn bo be developed upon the sides of tho the face through lh w ich sadhu Is discharged jr letca acad of flaw ing ins into the tko mouth and are culled called null all vary A dental fistula may arlee arise from the ho decay of the root of a tooth again a fistula Is 13 sometimes cotui at the navel associated alth heroin hernia and fistulas hare bare bun developed la to mans wants fillou following ing dilli cult parturition fistulas may arlee arise from wounds of glandular organ organs or their ducts and thus vj v hayd the so called mammary or lac rimal fi tracts are lined with mith a false membrane and show no dispost dis kioa to heal they constantly afford means of exit to tho the pus discharged by the unhealthy parts belon tiny are particularly liable to develop at the withers or poll because of tho the ex posed positions which these parts occupy and having once become located there they usually assert a tendency to further extension exten eloa because the vcr and laminated formation forin atlon of the muscles and tendon tendons of these parts allos the forcel forces of gravitation to assist blet the guv la in gaining the deeper lying structures truc tures and also favora favors its retention among them causes FI fistulas follow as an a of ab at bruises wounds or long con linued irritation by tho the among the more common causes of of tho the poll poll evil are cing by the tha halter or heavy bridle blows from the butt end of the whip the horse striking his head against the hayrack beams of the ceiling cel ling low doors etc Fla fistulous tulous withers ere are seen mostly in those horses that have thick necks as well as 1111 ofle that are very high la im the withers or among saddle I 1 hones horses those hit that are very low on the the saddle here riding forward and anti bruising the parts la in either ot of these fj ulcers of the skin ol 01 0 simple abscesses abscess en it not pio properly perly and punctually treated tta ted may become asia las are often caused by bud bad otting fitting collars or buddies saddles by direct la in lurlee juries from blows and from the horse rolling upon routh or sharp stones pus burrows and finds lodgment deep donn doin between the muscles and escapes only when tho the einus sinus become becomes luI lafed or when villen hiring motion of the itris the matar matter Is forced to the surface ur tace symptom symptoms these of i course will III vary accord ans tn to the progress pro grems made by the fistula following an injury there may way be ie soreness ir tr stiffness stif of the front legs ind and upon careful examination of the withers small tortuous lines running troia from the point of irritation downward ind nd backward over the region of 0 the th illi thou luer may be sen en these are swollen and painful to iho the touch in a day or two a swell swelling inC Is noticed on one or both aides of the dormal vertebrae vertebra rg ahlich Is tn hot painful and rapidly enlarging lar ging the stiffness of the limbs nay may disappear at this time and tho the heat beat and eor sor ness of at the parts may become becom leas less noticeable bat the ewell swell ine tug remains and cc finues to enlarge A di tulous ulcer of the poll may be fint firt indicated atell by the which tha animal offers to the of I 1 table stable brush or bridle at this the ports parts are so 0 o ore sore and sensitive that there Is some danger that units unless ban died the greatest care the catle it will acquire disagreeable stable habib the dast ase la in its early stages may be recognized ais a soft fluctuating tu it or surrounded by inflammatory swell welling alth the presence of enlarged lymphatic vessels and stiffness of the later the inflammation of the surrounding tissue tissues may disa disappear lr leaving a prominent tumor the swelling whether situated upon the bead or the wi thera may open and form a run ning ulcer or its contant cont tnt may dry up and leave a tumor which gradually de the common characteristics ica ct of a fibrous turner when the enlargement has opened carefully exit examine mine its cavity as treatment will depend ly upon its co treatment an a the stage when there I 1 Is soreness enlarged lymphatic but no well veil marked welling swelling the trouble may frequently be albor aborted ted to do this ro quires both general and local treat trent anict 1 should oe given and the horse a receive one ounce of pow dered three times a day in his iter tr ur feed if the fever runs hagli arop doc doses of tincture of icon tte root every two hour hours may be b I 1 administered the local UPI Ilent lon of cold water to the inflamed pot spot foe for aa an hour at a time three or four times a da has 1 often proved very beneficial and has his afforded great relief cooling lotions lot loni of ammonia oro moala or and water sedative ix cashes ashes euch such as tincture turo of opium nuil anti aconite ac chloron m liniment or cam prorated ph orated oil tire alt al to bo be frequently applied should this treatment full fall to check the progress of the trouble the fornia formation tion of pus should bo be hastened ar at rapidly as possible hot IN folenta tlona and poultices are to be con stant ly used null aud as awn as the pretence presen of pus cut bo be depicted detic ted the abscess wall Is to be opened at its lowest polut point ae As with irith any simple abscess if drainage can be so provided that the pun pus mill run off as fast as formed without remaining the interstices of tha tho timues tissues the healing will be rapid anil unit satisfactory application of caustics it the abscess has already opened giving vent to A quantity of purulent matter and tho the pipes and tubes lead ine ing from the opening ara are found to be b extensive and surrounded d v with ith fungoid membranes ie Is considerable danger that the In terrial linamen it or even some of the bones have be come aff acted in which case tho the con coo has assumed a arious 1 aspect or on the other hand it tha the abscess has existed for some time N without a rupture its contents will mill frequently be found to consist of idled matter onn and danie find and tho the walls alls surrounding tho the nines mass will bo be found greatly thickened in euch such a case UK tho application of caustics will caule a sloughing of all of the unie unhealthy althy 09 9 eue sue and will also stimulate eti mulato a rapid increase la creaso of healthy material to rt pl ice that destroyed in tn tle tl course of the development and trtat treatment ment of the disease threads or cords booked soaked in gun gunt arable amble solution and rolled tolled tn in poM dired corro corrosive sivo may be introduced into the canal and allowed to the akin skin on all parts of the shoulder and leg beneath the fisalia abound be carefully creased greased with lard or oil ai ail this will prevent the hat that comes from tho the opening after the caustic Is introduced from irritating or blistering the skin ever rhth fk flows in obstinate cases a piece of canallo pettish fused I 1 to 2 inches in n length may bo be introduced into the openly ope and should be covered with oakum or cotton the horse borne should then bo be so cured so that hf lin cannot reach the part with mith his teeth after th 11 caintic plug plus baa has been la in place for 24 hours it may bo be removed and hot tomen fomentations applied As soon as the discharge disc harga baa has bacomo egbin established tho the abr icess should be opened from its ts lowe ix trL mity and the passage thus formed may bo be kept open by the tbt introduction of a seton it the pipes become lusht d in the deep tissue tissues beneath tb shoulder blade or among the spines of the vertebral column it will often be found impossible to provide proper dro dru lange aage foi fol the abscess from below and treatment must cont of caustic solutions carefully injected into all parts of the suppurating minuses A very effective remedy for thia this purpose Is in one ounce of chloride of zinc in halt a pint 0 of water injected three hines during a week after which a weak go of the may be ly injected of Villa solution or alco alcoholic Lolle solution of corrosive sublimate strong car carbolic bolle acid add or poa pos cibir oil of turpentine will 1111 alzi prove provo bene Acial pressure should be applied from blow and endeavors made to heal the various var lols pipes from the bottom kottom majority of f cites curable Cura Cur ablo bli although tho successful of fistulas fla tulas re time and patt patoco pa toco nee the majority of cases are curable tin sinuses must hj opened at their lo 10 est and kept open caustic up must be thoroughly used once or twice after which wild Us AIH tring int antiseptic washes should ba be persistently used until a cure curo ie Is ched thed it sometimes happens that the ero have Ilir rowed so demply or la anch a direct ila thai that tb opening of a drainage pazzie louage becomes cable in other cases the bone bones may inar bo attacked lu tome some inaccessible loca tion or the may be affected and in these cases it ie Is often beet best to destray tho horse at once the of the fatula 0 a ter it baa has apparently healed tc Is not uncommon the me condary attack in these cases in 1 seldom serious eer lous tho 1110 halon should be care carefully careful fulir lf cleaned and afterwards injected with a solution of tine sulphate 20 grains to the bunco of water every second or third lay until a cure curo Is effet effected ted in la fistula of the foot toot there Is th the same tend enc toward the burrowing burrow lne of pus downward to lower structure tur 1 or in ili some cases upward toward the he coronet prior to the ut of a quitter there Is 13 always 11 welling at the coronet accompanied with heat and pain r aln every effort should now be bet lade to prevent the formation of an abse ezi at the point of injury wound fl aused by nails gruel i or eny other foreign body which may way have lodged in the ise cole note of tha foot should be opened at ance nce from below so as to allow free freol exit to all pu pi talent discharges the injury 1 avo ve occurred directly to the coro coronet net iho the application of cold fol fo may prove edi efficient clent in pi i I venting the formation of aa tin abecia bacterial vaccines camped compo cd of sty oral eral strains of the organisms usually ully found in these infections ex ot the horse are well adapted to the ho t at tit meat of these dimas disease st the ts Is administered bv mean means of a syringe but the quantity of the vaccine to bo be injected and the number of do dose ses to be b aused should be tx left to the judgment of a veterinarian |