The stock owner's adviser : the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals by Rhodes C. K

Author:Rhodes, C. K
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses, Domestic animals
Publisher: Richmond, Va. : B.F. Johnson Pub. Co
Published: 1901-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

is to be left on until it sloughs. If a case of hernia is met with in a stallion, he should be cast, and the bowel returned; after which clams maj be placed over the scrotum, beneath the testicle, and a portion of the scrotum allowed to slough off.

STRANGULATED HERNIA.

Strangulated hernia is where the intestine protrudes from the abdominal cavity; being compressed, the circulation is cut off, causing severe pain. The animal rolls, paws, and turns his head to the parts, in some cases almost touching the scrotum with his nose. Sweats break out over the body. See Fig. 73, page 279.

Treat:\ie>;t. —The animal should be cast and turned upon his back; the hind parts are to be elevated, and the parts manipulated. When gas is generated in the strangulated mass, it may become necessary to puncture with a small trocar before it can be returned. When returned the clams should be applied over the whole mass, and it allowed to slough off.

UMBILICAL HERNIA.

This form of hernia consists of the protrusion of a portion of the bowel through the umbilical opening. It is more frequently met with in young animals. The best method of treatment in this form of hernia is simply by taking the mass in the left hand, pressing the contents into the abdominal cavity, while the right hand surrounds it by a ligature placed as closely as possible to the abdominal ]iarietes, and drawn sufficiently tight to cut off the circulation. On the third day a second cord should be tied around it. It will require a new cord every few days, which should always be tied above the preceding one. The whole mass will drop off, along with the tumor, in from ten to twelve days. No further treatment is necessary. The next best and most successful method is to cut into the hernial sack, scarify the edges of the abdominal opening, bring them together, secure in place with catgut sutures, and place a broad bandage around the whole body.

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