Identifier: horseitstreatm05axej (find matches)
Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
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, thick skin, andfeeble energy. The predispositionto bog-sjDavin is essen-tially hereditary. Itmay also lie acquiredby causes which inducepoverty and weak-ness. Young colts ofrapid growth whenbadly nurtured readilycontract the disease.The exciting causes are overwork while young, and sprains to the joint;but large numbers of cases are induced by the pernicious system of forcing,which young stock undergo dui-ing their show-yard career, and we haveknown many fine specimens of the heavy breeds to have been hopelesslyruined in their infancy by this practice. Symptoms.—Bog-spavin may arise suddenly, or it may appear ina slow and progressive manner. The former is mostly the case whenthe result of sprain, and also as a consequence of high feeding and confine-ment. Work and wear lead to a more gradual and often a more abidingenlargement of the joint. Where the disease is sudden in its onset, it isusually attended with pain and lanuMiess, and the joint is hot, tense, andpainful to j^ressure.
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Fig. 363.—Bog-SpavinB, The distended joint with the skin removed. SPRAIN OR STRAIN 291 Tlie ainoimt of swelling varies in ditferent eases, sometimes it is veryconsiderable, in which case it is not confined to the front of the joint, butis also seen on either side near to the seat of thorough-pin, for which it isoften mistaken. It must be pointed out that the lameness is not always inproportion to the size of the swelling. Very large bog-spavins are some-times found to occasion but slight defect in action, while smaller ones maybe attended with severe lameness. Treatment.—In this disorder the object of treatment will be—I, tosubdue intlammatiou; 2, to promote absorption of the fluid existing in thecapsule of the joint; 3, to prevent excess of secretion;and 4, to bring about contraction of the overstretchedand enlarged joint capsule. Where the disease isattended with inflammatory symptoms, or is broughtabout by dietetic causes, a dose of physic should bepromptly administered and t

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