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are really unable to rise or whether they are obstinate and 

 will not rise (malingerers). 



If the animals have lain for a long time on one side, it is 

 advisable to turn them over before attempting to drive them up. 

 The same should be done when after a fruitless effort to get an 

 animal onto its feet, it falls back again to the ground and we make 

 a second attempt to make it stand. 



Fig. 5 — Horse with Azoturia. 



To bring recumbent horses to their feet it is expedient, after 

 placing them on the sternum, to pass the end of a long halter rope 

 through a convenient ring in the wall, and keep it pulled taut; the 

 hind legs should be doubled under the body in a natural position 

 and the fore ones extended in front. By speaking to the animal, 

 striking it over the ears and nose, and lifting by the tail, we may 

 assist it to regain its feet. When this method fails, a sling should 



