The Vet. Book 



grass, cut potatoes and gruel are the usual food 

 substances given to cattle, and one can often bring 

 a cow back to its cud by inserting a cabbage leaf, 

 a piece of potato, etc., between its molar teeth. 



Always feed sick animals early in the morning 

 and last thing at night, with additional feeds 

 between, but no food should be allowed to remain 

 before the patient. 



Nursing 



No matter whatever be the nature of the com- 

 plaint, good nursing is of paramount importance, 

 and veterinary surgeons are well enough aware 

 of difference in the progress made in the hands of 

 a good, bad or indifferent nurse. Stables and 

 byres should be kept scrupulously clean, and all 

 noxious emanations banished with the aid of 

 disinfectants, pure air, and sunlight. Draughts 

 must be excluded, but stables must not be allowed 

 to be over-heated. An equable, slightly moist 

 atmosphere is the one most desirable. Always 

 have a separate attendant to look after the sick 

 animal, more especially if the disease is of a 

 communicable nature. 



Mangers and feeding troughs should be scalded 

 at least once a day, and soiled particles of bedding 

 material instantly removed, and replaced by clean 

 straw. In some diseases affecting the horse, such 

 as lock jaw (tetanus), absolute quietude- is an 



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