Castration
(COMPLICATIONS)
The operation is performed either in the standing or recumbent position.
Horse should be without food or water for 24 hours previous to the operation. Oil the sheath
before castration and apply white ointment about the purse after the operation.
Allow plenty of greenstuff and laxative diet for 2 or 3 days. Do not allow excessive quantities of water to drink during recovery.
A complication that may develop commonly is excessive oedematous swelling of the sheath and purse.
Treatment
Cleanse the fingers and open up the incisions in the purse to allow drainage. Massage with white ointment daily.
Other complications can occur. See your veterinarian.
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Cataract of the Eye
An opacity of the crystalline lens in the center of the eyeball lying deep to the transparent external membrane.
The lens becomes cloudy or white. In well established cases the eye is blind and incurable.
Cataract
Coronitis
Symptoms
Inflammatory swelling of the coronet of the hoof due to an injury or acute condition of the hoof.
Horse is very lame and pain is intense. Swelling extends right around the hoof and overlaps,
in some cases, the top of the hoof. Hoof may appear to be parting with the softer strucĀtures beneath.
Treatment
Recovery can be slow. Lance if necessary. Antibiotics.
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