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she kicked up her hind feet and lowered her head, in doing 

 this she caught her nose on the ground, which threw her 

 over ontc her head and neck. We heard the bone snap, and 

 by the time we got to her she was dead. On examining her we 

 found that one of the bones of the neck was broken in the fall, 

 which caused her death instantly. In any case where the bones 

 of the neck are fractured enough to press on the spinal cord it 

 will cause death instantly. 



FRACTURES OF THE BONES OF THE BACK. 



This may occur from something falling on the animal, or by 

 slipping and falling, or from another animal jumping on it while 

 standing crooked. 



Symptoms. — There is paralysis of the hind quarters, attended 

 with pain ; the animal will moan and refuses to eat anything. 

 In severe cases the back will be swollen, and the mark of what 

 caused the fracture can be seen. 



Treatment. — it is best to kill the animal, but if you wish to 

 trv to treat it, keep it quiet, feed on soft food and keep the bowels 

 regulated by giving small doses of salts ; turn it from side to side 

 twice a day, and be careful while turning it not to hurt its back. 



FRACTURE OF THE BONES OF THE HIP. 

 In some cases we have a hip knocked down from a blow, or 

 from running through a narrow doorway and striking the hip. 

 This is not dangerous, only it spoils the look of the animal when 

 its hip is knocked down. If it is sore after being knocked down 

 bathe twice a day with luke warm water and apply white liniment 

 until the soreness is out ; if the bone heals all right do nothing 

 more to it. Sometimes we have a case where the broken piece of 

 bone does not heal to the other ; it soon begins to fester around 

 it, and the parts become swollen and sore. You must then open 

 it with a sharp knife and remove the broken piece of bone. Frac- 

 ture of the under part of the hip bones generally occurs from the 

 animal slipping on ice when the legs straddle out. As soon as it 

 gets up it walks off very stiff, and the legs are straddled out be- 

 hind while walking or standing. The treatment for this is to 

 keep the animal very quiet by tying it in a stall until the bones 

 unite, which generally takes four or five weeks. 



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