INCISORS — INOCULA TION 



Incisors. — The middle front teeth situated between 

 the canines. (See Teetk.) 



Indigestion is a trouble to which many dogs are 

 subject, the chief causes being improper feeding, bad teeth, 

 and want of exercise. It is usually associated with loss of 

 appetite, considerable thirst, bad-smelling breath, and 

 flatulency, and sometimes with a husky cough, vomiting, 

 and looseness of the bowels. A dose of opening medicine 

 to clear away intestinal obstructions may be given, and this 

 should be followed by a light diet of digestible food, such 

 as Spratt's biscuits, broken up very small and boiled in 

 milk, whilst if there is much flatulency green vegetables 

 should not be given for a week or so. A small quantity 

 of charcoal in the food may also prove beneficial, and the 

 dog should be left quiet if the attack is a severe one. (See 

 Feeding;:) 



Infectious Diseases are those which can be com- 

 municated from one dog to another without the two 

 animals coming into contact. (See Contagious Diseases.) 



Inflammation of the Bowels. (See Enteritis.) 



Inflammation of the Lungs. (See Pneumonia,) 



Inflammation of the Stomach, (See Gastritis.) 



Injections are frequently the means of saving a valuable 

 dog's life in cases of severe obstruction of the bowels. (See 

 Enema.) 



Inoculation, — Opinions differ somewhat regarding the 

 value of inoculation against distemper, but there can 

 be little reason to doubt that the advocates of the practice 

 are fewer than formerly, as the balance of the experiments 

 which have been made has not been favourable. (See 

 Distemper.) 



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