Symptoms: The back of the throat (fauces) is inflamed and slightly swollen, causing some difficulty in swallowing; the lips are moist from excessive secretion of saliva, and the glands about the outside of the throat are enlarged. The dog is often off his food, dull and listless.
Treatment: Give a teaspoonful of following medicine frequently:—
Recipe:
| Chlorate of Potash, | 1 drachm. |
| Water to | 6 ounces. |
| Mix. | |
A light diet should be given for a few days, and the external enlarged glands rubbed gently, night and morning, with spirits of camphor. If the fauces remain inflamed after a few days, paint the parts night and morning for two or three days with a two-per-cent. solution of nitrate of silver.
Ticks:
Symptoms: These parasites are generally obtained from sheep in England. They are small, blue-coloured little creatures with pointed heads, with which they dig into the dog’s skin and suck the blood, and as they do so they gradually increase in size to a tick bean. They naturally cause a good deal of irritation, and make the dog bite and scratch.
Treatment: They should be carefully picked off the dog with forceps, avoiding breaking them if possible. The little spot caused by the bite of the tick soon heals, and does not require any special treatment.
Tongue (Chorea in the):
Symptoms: The tongue is continually being popped in and out of the front of the mouth for an inch or more. This is a rare disease, and I have only seen one case, and that was in a collie. As in ordinary chorea, it is the result of distemper.