xii Contents 



DISEASES AND INJURIES OF THE BONES, LIMBS AND JOINTS 



Continued PAGES 



Sprains 239 



Bog-spavin 239 



Wind-puffs : . . 240 



Thorough-pin 241 



Curb 242 



Knee-sprung 243 



Breaking-down 243 



Ruptured Tendons . 244 



CHAPTER XI 



DISEASES OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT AND OF THE DIGESTIVE 



FUNCTION 245-278 



Sore Mouth 247 



Infectious Sore Mouth of Cattle 247 



Diseased and Abnormal Teeth 249 



Wolf-teeth 252 



Cribbing 252 



Parotiditis 253 



Salivary Calculus 254 



Salivation, or Slobbering 254 



Sore Throat 255 



Choking 256 



Stomach Staggers 259 



Impaction of the Rumen 260 



Hoven, or Bloating in Cattle 261 



Gorging with Grain 264 



Indigestion in Horses 265 



Colic in Horses ... 267 



Obstruction of the Bowels in Horses 270 



Concretions, Calculi, Hair-balls, etc 271 



Intussesception, or Invagination of the Bowel .... 272 



