_The treatment_ is both preventive and curative. Cases of eczema caused by
filth and wetness can be prevented by giving the necessary attention to
keeping the skin clean and not allowing animals access to muddy, filthy
places. Keeping the bed clean and regulating the diet are important
preventive measures. Before the inflammation can be successfully treated
the cause must be removed.

In acute eczema it is advisable to protect the part against water, filth
and air. Powders and ointments may be used during the early stages of the
inflammation. Two parts boric acid, four parts flour, and one part tannic
acid may be dusted over the moist surface. One part zinc oxide and twelve
parts vaseline is a useful ointment. Scratching the part should be
controlled in every case by muzzles, collars and bandages. Dirt and scales
may be removed from the skin by washing with cotton soaked in lime water or
linseed oil. The animal should receive laxative doses of Glauber's salts or
oil every few days. A simple, easily digested ration should be fed. The
following mixture may be applied in obstinate cases: oil of tar and soft
soap, two parts each, and alcohol one part.

COMMON FEED RASHES.--This title includes inflammation of the skin caused by
pasturing on buckwheat, certain clovers and rape, together with moisture
and sunlight.

Green, flowering buckwheat is more dangerous as a feed for stock than is
the grain or straw. Clovers and rape are not as dangerous a feed. The
actual cause of the skin becoming inflamed is not known.

The skin in the regions of the face, ears, neck, lower surface of the body
and limbs becomes red and covered with vesicles. Later, scabs and pus may