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BREEDING 



If this cannot be accomplished, then the front parts of the dam must 

 be raised by underpacking tlie fore-feet with litter so as to give the body 

 an inclination backward. When the forearm is reached the hand should 

 follow it downward to the knee, or as near it as possible. The limb is 

 then firmly grasped and drawn forwards. 



AVhen the arm has been brought in a straight line with the pelvic 

 inlet, it should then be used to push the body backward and clear the 

 way for the leg being brought into the passage. To do this it may be 



Fig. 550.— 

 Poi-te-cord 



Fig. 551. — Breech presentation, Hind-legs in Passage 



neces.sary to push the body back into the uterus with a crutch implanted 

 against the breast. 



If it should happen that the arm cannot be reached, an attempt must 

 be made to pass a cord round it by means of a Porte-cord (fig. 550). 

 Should such an instrument not be at hand, a liooked walking-stick carry- 

 ing a cord through a hole in the handle may be employed. The leg will 

 then be pulled forwards by assistants, while the operator, seizing the 

 canon and then the pastern, will engage himself in directing it into the 

 passage. 



Posterior or Breech Presentation. — The breech of the foetus may 



be presented either with the hind-legs in the passage (fig. 551) or projected 

 forward under the abdomen (fig. 552). In the former position delivery 

 may be eflPected without assistance, but it is always desirable to afford help 

 promptly where the least difficulty arises. This j^osition is the most favour- 



