Index. 



291 



QUALITY, of bone, 4; indications 

 of, 4. 

 Quarters, fore, 12; hind, 16; of the 



feet, 116. 



Quarter-ill or blackleg, 263. 

 Quinine, 143. 

 Quittor, 241. 



RECTUM, the, 60. 

 Reflex action, 44. 



Removal of boar's tusks, 279. 



Reproduction, phases of, 70; in ani- 

 mals, 74; in poultry, 82. 



Respiration, 66. 



Retention of the afterbirth, 174. 



Rheumatism in pigs, 279. 



Ribs, the, and their relation to con- 

 stitution, 11. 



Ridgling,original or cryptorchid,"!. 



Ringbones, 19, 236, 285. 



Ringworm, 253. 



Roaring, 67, 285. 



Round worms, 257. 



Roup, 280. 



Rudimentaries in bulls, 87. 



Rumination, 47, 49; stoppage of, 48. 



Rump, the, 10; muscles of the, 29. 



Rupture, 206. 



Rut or heat, 74. 



SAC, the, or bag, 70. 

 Salivary glands, 42; secretion 



of the, 43; the abdominal, 55. 

 Salt, 160. 

 Scab, 250. 

 Schirrus cord, 207. 

 Schmidt's treatment for milk fever, 



181. 



Scours in calves, 184, 273. 

 Scratches, 235. 

 Scrotum, the, 71. 

 Sebaceous glands, the, 64. 

 Secretion, 32, 50. 

 Securing animals for operations, 



189. 



Semen or sperm, 72. 

 Serous membranes, 33. 

 Sheath, foul, 71; sore, 224. 

 Sheep, giving medicines to, 149; 



handling, 192. 



Shelly feet, 286. 



Shoe, types of, 128; pricks, 239. 



Shoeboil, location of, 14; causes of, 



249. 

 Shoeing, objects of, 123; the, smith 



and owner, 124; a kicker, 127. 

 Shoulderslip (sweeny), 233. 

 Sho wring tactics, some, 93, 118. 

 Sickstall, the, 153. 

 Sidebones, 15, 237, 286. 

 Skeleton, the, construction of the, 



3; regions of the, 6. 

 Skin, the, 111; handling qualities 



of, 112. 



Slabsided animals, 11. 

 Sole, the, 116, 118. 

 Sore sheaths in steers and wethers, 



71, 224. 



Sore shoulders, 233. 

 Soundness, examination for, 281. 

 Spavin, location of, 18; kinds of, 244, 



bone, 244, 285; bog, 246, 285; test, 



232, 246; truss for bog, 246. 

 Speed and thick skin, 23. 

 Spinal cord, the, 105. 

 Spinal disease, so-called, 219. 

 Spleen, the, or milt, 56. 

 Splints, 15, 234, 286. 

 Stallions, use of, 77; per cent, of 



foals, 77. 

 Sterility, in males, 186; in females, 



187. 



Stifle, location of, 17; out (disloca- 

 tion of), 243. 

 Stimulants, 134. 

 Stomach, the, 44; of horse, 45; pigs, 



45; ruminants, 46; capacity of, 47; 



worms, 259. 

 Strangles, 271. 

 Stringhalt, 248. 

 Structures of the foot, 118. 

 Sulphur, 142. 



Summer sores in horses, 255. 

 Suspensory ligaments, 28. 

 Swallowing, 43. 

 Sweat glands, the, 64. 

 Sweetbreads, the, 68. 

 Swine plague, 264. 

 Swirls, 113. 



