Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1880 — Remedies for the Epinootie. [ARTICLE]

Remedies for the Epinootie.

The experience of those having the care of horses in New York shows that the epizootic spreads among those who never come in contact with the animals suffering from it. The treatment new pursued is entirely different from the course taken at its former visit. The animals are compelled to perform a modicum of work. When a horse returns to the stable his throat, month snd nostrils are rubbed with oil or warm water. Then he is given aa much cut food mixed with bran as he can eat If bis bowels are in bad order powdered nitre is given him. Pains are taken also to keep the animals warm and out of draughts. The surgeons now believe tha’ should the weather contlune mild for a short titpe longer the animals will recover without passing through the several stages of the disease. No fatal cases have so far occured, though many horses are so tar gone as to be unable to stand.