ANIMAL AILMENTS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5167, 13 October 1877, Page 3

ANIMAL AILMENTS.

WORMS. " For the destruction of the worms, take of santonine, three drachms ; gentian, one ounce ; powdered areca nut, half an ounce. Mix, and make into six powders. Give one every day in a mash. Then follow by a cathartic, composed of six drachms of Barbadoes aloes. SHYING. Shying results from either nervous affection or defective vision. It has from time immemorial been considered best to discard the animal from such work as enables him to do mischief. Keep at steady farm work or other domestic work, of if considered advisable to use for buggy or carriage use, a covering impervious to light should be placed over the eyes. OAI>PED HOCK. It is a very difficult matter to permanently reduce enlargements so situated. Apply warm fomentations twice a day, and after each, instead of rubbing, tap dry, and apply, with a soft brush, atter bathing, a little of the following, for three or four minutes, and continue for a month, viz. : Take of tincture of opium and arnica, of each one pint ; chloroform and alcohol, of each half a pint; water, two quarts. Mix. MILK FEVER. Milk fever is a fever which appears from the first to the third day after calving. It is a curious fact that the best milkers, and the most approved of breeds, are those which are the victims. It essentially consists of inflammation of the womb, and not unfrequently terminates in enteritis. The symptoms are a partial or total cessation of the chewing of the cud, an unsteady carriage, and an unusually excited or animated appearance of the eye, aud a general ' debility of the system—cerebritis (or inflammation of the brain). Treatment : When you are satisfied the animal iB so afflicted, do not lose any time in administering a dose of tincture of aconite, the usual amount being about thirty drops (radix). And give as a drench, with a pint of old ale, about half an ounce of pure opium, which should be pulverized. Repeat the aconite, in above doses, every three or four hours. Ice might, and, in fact, should, be placed over the region of the brain and forehead. About an hour or so after giving the opium, etc., give as a drench, Epsom salts, one pound; ginger and pimento, half an ounce each. Mix in a quart of tepid water or ale. Keep the animal quiet, and have the ventilation good. CAHBUNCLES OF THE COBONAHY BAND .

This disease is due to blood 1 poisoning, and is very seldom seen in young animals. It originates from constitutional affections. It is simply an inflammation of the coronary substance, due to the presence of some morbid material in the blood. If several pointß of the coronet are simultaneously affected, and these points spread bo as to appear as if they were going to coalesce, or, perhaps, do so, then the case is very serious, as animals frequently die soon after this stage has been reached, as there is then extensive destruction of tissue, followed or preceded by ulceration in the horn-secreting substance, which receives such a shock that, even should no other evil result ensue, the hoof will never afterwards be healthy. Treatment : Apply, after Washing and drying, solid caustic (nitrate of silver), then place the foot, or feet, in cold water. This treatment repeat several times during the day. Avoid poultices, as they tend to induce sloughing. Remove the animal, if the place be damp, as dry soil is far more healthy. The blood being in an unhealthy condition, the following treatment will be found extremely beneficial : Take of Barbadoes aloes (for a colt), three drachms; aniseed and allspice (ground), one drachm each. Give as a ball. Two days afterward, give one of the following powders, in a mash : Take of carbonate of iron, bicarbonate of soda, sulphate of quinine, and pepsin, of each one scruple. Mix.