Show preliminary LM I 1 examination OF SIC SICK t 14 14 Y ell vv izi aez 2 wr STALLION 1 PORTED IMPORTED M FRO FROM M prepared by the united states department of agriculture in the examination of a sick horse it Is important to have a method or system A thorough knowledge of the conditions that exist in health is of the highest importance because it Is 0 only by a 1 knowledge now ledge of what Is right that one can surely detect a wrong condition A knowledge of anatomy or of the structure of the body and of physiology or the functions and activities tivi ties of 0 the body lie ile at the bottom of accuracy ot of diagnosis it is important to remember that animals of different races or families deport themselves differently under the influence of the same disease or pathological process A degree of fever that does not produce maikel dullness in a sensitive and highly organized thoroughbred may cause the most abject affect dejection in a coarsely bred heavy draft horse this and similar facts are of vast importance in the diagnosis of disease and in ill the recognition of its significance the purpose of this series largely is to lo help farmers early in the sickness of an animal to detect serious symptoms which make the services sen ices of a veterinarian desirable failure to io detect such symptoms often lends to delay in calling in help until the disease lias hns made such progress that it Is to too ollaCe lale to save the horse it is important to know first of nil all something of the origin and development of tile the disease therefore tile cause should be looked for the bauge of disease is important not dot only in connection with diagnosis but also in connection with treatment the character of feed that the horse has hail hai the lie we use to which he has been put and the kind of care lie ho lias has received should all be closely inquired into it may be that the horse has been fed on damaged I 1 food feed such as brewers grains or moldy silage and this may explain the profound depression and weakness bhae are arc characteristic of forage forace poisoning it the horse has been kept in the stable without exercise for several days and upon full rations and lie he became suddenly lame in his back and hind legs lees and finally fell to the ground from what appeared tobe partial paralysis these facts taken in connection witha few evident symptoms will be elou enough ii to establish a diagnosis of azo excess of nitrogen in the urine if the horse recently has been shipped in the cars or has been through a de dealers alors stable a feverish condition is an indication of possible influenza or pneumonia it is also important to know whether the particular horse under examination Is the only one in the stable or on the premises that is afflicted in the same way if it is found that se soral seral ral horses are afflicted much alike there Is evidence of a common cause of disease which may prove to be of an infectious nature another item of importance is the treatment that the borse borso may have had bad before lie is examined it sometimes happens that medicine given in excessive quantities produces symptoms resembling sc sem bling those of disease attention should be paid to the attitude and general condition of the animal sometimes horses assume positions that are arc characteristic of certain diseases for example in tetanus lockjaw the muscles of the face neck and shoulders are stiff and rigid as well as the muscles of tile the jaw A horse home with tetanus stands with his muscles tense and his legs in a 11 sorn somewhat brabin bracing 9 position as though he were gathered to repel a shock the neck Is stiff and hard the he head Is slightly extended upon it and tile face Is drawn and the nostrils are dilated the tall is it usually held up a little and when pressed down against the thighs it springs back to its previous position in inflammation of the throat the head Is extended upon the neck and the tingle angle between the jaw and tile the lower border of the neck is 19 opened as far as possible to relieve tile the pressure e unit that otherwise would fall upon apoll the throat in or immobility tile hanging position posit loA of the licad head and the stupid lon tire rather chiv ch iv in ili pleurisy peritonitis and some borne other painful diseases of tile tiie internal or organs gails the rigid position of the body denotes an effort of 0 the animal to avoid pressure pros suro upon and to protect the inflamed sensitive region the horto ulay luny be frown in ill tile the stall and unable to rl rise se this f result from paralysis arc afroz from forage poisoning ha fig or from painful bones or feet such as founder lying down or in unusual positions haq B disease the first sympho muy may lie be a desire on the pil horse to lie ile down atlas it inappropriate time or pla I 1 times disinclination to lie ile i indication of disease met 5 difficulty in brea breathing till knows that he can manage I 1 in agi bib I 1 ter upon ur ion his feet ama thin upon vat or his side I 1 in nearly ell i e oases ases of 0 the respiratory tin persistently day and ana I 1 imatt nigh covery lias has commenced and ai W Is easier or until the m from sheer beer exhaustion if 1 Is stiffness and soreness of alfr 8 as in rheumatism lamai muscles from overwork ori bones Ine In bighead or arof of the t s founder or it if th the muscle Milvi eim and nd beyond control of thea tie in lockjaw a standing bained because the horse sm realize that falhen M lien belies he lies d A mk be unable to rise A hurst horse 0 may sit upon his haunches or may stand upon na his lie IV reft re at his knees in h may endeavor to balana bali ini haw ll 11 his hack back with all four feet fed ill thee positions are asam they give relief from gala bj ing pressure or nemlon toni loii lipi structures I 1 fy y observing ob serrin the cod dilloo 4 tion one way may be able to 10 deet a certain extent the effee f ease has already had ugwa lk and to estimate the that remains and r for or the r repair e pair of 0 the issai A IL good cond lilon la a 4 city of the body uess bess 0 the skin and the thet hair when the bo ban F stand out the skirt 19 1 tic and the coat dry an and la state of nutrition Is fudlow indio may have resulted famo ifill 0 long continued luease ls ease or in proper feed and care TO mal becomes thin thill there of if fut flit and later the asa the amount ot of cles Is on an indication of tu the unfavorable the animal hits has lived |