VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 51

VETERINARY QUERIES.

lAmwered ty a duly qualified Veterinary Surgton Queric* matt be rea«lrcd bj MONDAY aigbt to eaiuro repi/ Id the laccfdlioi Ifsue.} Subsceibee. — If the m&tis on the shoiilder of your filly have a slender neck, tie a ligature tightly around each, allowing it to remain until the wart drops off. If they have a. broad base, take the skin off each with a sharp knife, and! touch the wound with a hot iron to stop the bleeding. lleaLeb (Windsor) writes that one of his horses, of middle age, *ias run down in condition very much in two months, although not working. When be goes to put the bridle on the animal starts frothing at the mouth and s'mecks the lips. The

teeth were filed, but with no good result. The horse is not troubled with frothing until the bit is put into hia mouth. When at work (about an hour jt 3ay) the froth troiibles him. He is fed on good chaff and grass. Probably the horse has a wound or some ailment on the tongue oi inside of the lips, or is troubled with toothache. Call in a qualified expert to find the nature of the ailment, and then you will be in a better position to apply a remedy successfully. Novice writes that he docked a foal when a week old by tying a string tightly around the tail and then cutting off the point. Where the string was tied is now festering and going to rot off. Evidently you made th-p mistake of allowing the ligature to remain on too long. It should have been removed within 19. hours or even less. Probably it will b& necessary to amputate higher up. Get this performed by a professional practitioner and there will then be no humbug about it. As it is, you run a great risk of the foal contracting tetanus.