Vlll CONTENTS 



CHAP. >AGfc 



IV. OF FEBRILE DISEASES . .... 467 



Splenic Apoplexy Anthrax Symptoms and Post-Mortem Ap- 

 pearances of Anthrax Procedure Disposal of Carcases 

 Cleansing and Disinfection " Black Leg," " Black Quarter," 

 Parturient Apoplexy, or Milk Fever. 



V. DISEASES, Etc., OF THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF CATTLE . 479 



Scurf; Scab Cow- Pox The Fouls The Gad-Fly, Wurbles, 

 or Wormals Lice Strains and Bruises Wounds. 



VJ. OF GESTATION, PARTURITION, Etc. .... 492 



Gestation Swelling of the Udder Diseases of the Mammary 

 Gland or Udder ; Physiological Congestion or Engorgement 

 of the Mammae ; Mammitis, or Mastitis ; Catarrhal Mammitis ; 

 Interstitial or Parenchymatous Mammitis Agalactia Ul- 

 cerated Teats ; Chaps Abortion Falling Down of the Calf 

 Bed Parturition, or Calving Rearing of Calves Denti- 

 tion of Cattle. 



VII. MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING, Etc., OF CATTLE . . 516 



Cow-Houses The Feeding Cow-House. 



VIII. THE VARIOUS BREEDS OF HORNED CATTLE . . .521 



The Short-Horned, or Holstein Breed The Kyloes, or High- 

 land Cattle The Long-Horned Cattle The Galloway Breed 

 Milch Cows Tuberculosis. 



SECTION III 

 DISEASES OF SHEEP 



INTRODUCTION ........ 531 



I. DISEASES OF THE HEAD, Etc. . . . . .533 



Staggers Blindness Catarrh. 



II. DISEASES OF THE CHEST ...... 538 



Fluke, or Liver Rot Inflammation of the Lungs Grass-Ill 

 Milk-Ill Jaundice, or Yellows. 



III. DISEASES OF THE ABDOMEN . . . . .542 



The Resp, or Red Water The Red Water Blibes The Braxy, 

 or Sickness Diarrhoea, or Looseness Dysentery Colic 

 Finding. 



IV. DISEASES OF THE EXTERNAL PARTS, Etc. . . -549 



Scab, or Itch Pelt-Rot Erysipelas, or Wild-FireCramp of 

 the Legs, or Wood-Evil Leg-Evil Foot-Rot Vermin- 

 Wounds Fractures Of Bleeding On the Age of Sheep as 

 indicated by the Teeth. 



V. GESTATION, PARTURITION, Etc. . . . . .565 



The Ram Leaping The Ewe Lambing Weaning Lambs- 

 Castrating Lambs Inflamed Udder, Etc. 



