Contents xi 

 CHAPTER IX 



PAGES 



BREEDING, AND VETERINARY OBSTETRICS 192-217 



Sterility .194 



Signs of Pregnancy 198 



Signs of Parturition, or Approaching Birth 200 



Dystokia 202 



Removing the Placenta 206 



Eversion of the Uterus 207 



Altered Milk Secretions 209 



Mammitis 210 



Milk Fever 212 



Caring for the Young, and Weaning 215 



Pyemia, or Blood-poisoning, in Colts . 216 



CHAPTER X 



DISEASES AND INJURIES OF THE BONES, LIMBS AND JOINTS. 218-244 



Fractures 218 



Fracture of Hip Bone 224 



Ulceration of Bone 224 



"Side-bones" 225 



Softening of Bones 225 



Brittle Bones 226 



Cartilage Turning to Bone 226 



Osteoporosis 227 



Bony Enlargements 227 



Bone Spavin 228 



Ring-bone .' 232 



Big-knee and Other Enlargements 234 



Splint 234 



Dislocation of Bones 235 



Knuckling 236 



Stifled ^ 236 



Dislocation of the Neck . . 238 



