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Influenza.—Symptoms: These vary very much in different seasons, and are sometimes more inflammatory than at others. The general conditions are that for two or three days the horse is weak and out of sorts, sweats easily, is slightly constipated, and has an occasional cough; he goes off his feed, his coat is staring, his urine scanty and the surface of his dung glazed; his mouth hot and dry, and his temperature up to 105 degrees. If made to move he staggers as he walks. Sometimes the disease starts with running at the eyes and swelling of the eyelids.
Treatment: Get the horse into a loose box and send for veterinary advice. In bad cases the horse will die, usually between the sixth and fourteenth days.
Pink eye is a form of influenza. Its name derives from the remarkably pink condition of the skin round the eye (conjunctival membrane).
Nasal Gleet: This is a chronic discharge of one nostril, sometimes continuous but often intermittent. If it comes from both nostrils it is due to severe cold, and is more amenable to treatment than if it comes from one nostril only, when it is due to a blow or other injury.
Treatment: Make the horse inhale steam frequently, and apply the usual rules for management. Nasal Gleet is often very difficult to cure, and veterinary services may be required.
Strangles is a fever affecting the glands (submaxilliary sparotid) causing the formation of an abscess or abscesses. Great care is required in nursing, but the disease leaves no injurious effects.
Symptoms: The horse is off his feed, has a slight cold and is a little feverish. Then the glands under the jaw begin to swell and the horse has difficulty in swallowing.
Treatment: Send at once for a veterinary surgeon.
Rheumatism: Horses, like men, often suffer from Rheumatism.
Cause: Neglect, for the most part—exposure to wet and cold, insufficient diet, etc.
Symptoms: Stiffness unaccountable in any other way. Rheumatism either increases or disappears, or moves to some other spot. In severe cases the parts become hot and swollen.
Treatment: Hot fomentations, care being taken to avoid possibility of chill. Keep the bowels open and improve the stable management. Well-treated horses seldom get it.Glanders and Farcy: These are the same disease affecting different parts of the horse. The cause is usually stabling arrangements (overcrowding, etc.). The disease is contagious.
Symptoms: Fever and the outbreak of ulcers.
Treatment: In advanced stages of the disease, destruction of the animal is advisable; in any case, complete segregation and veterinary aid.

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