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operation for the removal of food in cases of impacted 

 rumen; the operation when done, consists of the open- 

 ing and removal of its contents and sewing up by the 

 veterinarian, it should not be left to the eleventh hour; 

 good results follow when performed early and with anti- 

 septic precautions. 



Simple wounds of teats may be treated antiseptically, 

 the use of strips of adhesive plaster to draw the wound 

 edges together will often be found satisfactory. 



Castration is usually performed on colts, at a year old; if 

 light in the neck and forequarters they may be left until 

 two years. The operation is done either in the standing 

 or lying position; the first is hazardous and requires an 

 agile and expert man, the disadvantages being that one 

 cannot bee what is being done, and 

 if ruptures, etc., are present, one is 



not in a position to 

 overcome them; if 

 lying down the colt 

 is thrown and se- 

 cured as described 

 (p. 190), a clean grassy spot 

 being preferable. This opera- 

 tion should not be performed 

 unless the colt is in good health, EMASCULATOR. 

 the results are better if a run at grass for a few days has 

 first been obtained. The instruments needed are the einas- 



