. Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ... shoe. Further, applying coldwater swabs nightly round the feet, and turning the animal into aloose-box, instead of allowing it to stand in the stall, also gives , frog setons, and unnerving are also useful, but, as abovestated, the disease is never cured. As a preventive, however, neverallow the animal to stand in a stall for days without exercise. Ifthis cannot be given, turn it into a loose-box. 200. Laminitis—inflammation of the sensitive laminae of thefeet, commonly called
. Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ... shoe. Further, applying coldwater swabs nightly round the feet, and turning the animal into aloose-box, instead of allowing it to stand in the stall, also gives , frog setons, and unnerving are also useful, but, as abovestated, the disease is never cured. As a preventive, however, neverallow the animal to stand in a stall for days without exercise. Ifthis cannot be given, turn it into a loose-box. 200. Laminitis—inflammation of the sensitive laminae of thefeet, commonly called founder. The disease, which more frequentlyaffects the fore than the hind feet, is a very formidable one. It hasa great variety of causes, such as drinking cold water, standing in adraught, or getting too much oatmeal and water when the animal isheated ; overfeeding with boiled wheat or Indian corn, or gorgingwith oats or potatoes; travelling on snow; galloping on a hardroad; applying a too hot shoe to the foot when shoeing; theeffects of too large a dose of physic; inflammation shifting from. THE HORSES FOOT: SHOEING, ETC. iig one part of the body to another {metastasis) ; the retention of theafter-birth in mares after foaling, etc. It may be acute, subacute,or chronic. The symptoms noticeable are that the animal is very un-willing to stir, the body is thrown backwards, putting the weight onto the hind-legs, w^hich are * propped well forward under the belly,while the fore-legs are extended well in front (Plate XVI.). Itmoves with great difficulty and reluctance, walking on its heels. Inacute cases the breathing is heavy and hurried, perspiration rolls offthe body, eyelids are red, nostrils distended, pulse/;/// and bounding,and the animal stands persistently, rarely lying down. The treatmentconsists of placing the patient in a loose-box, removing the shoes,putting the feet into hot or cold water bran-poultices (cold forpreference), which must be kept constantly wet, and mov
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