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OPERATIONS. 



be secured to a tree, and the hind limb lifted by a strip of webbing 

 or rope fixed to the body of a waggon (Fig. 288). 



GENERAL CONTROL. 



General control in the standing position can only be made really 



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Fig. 286. — Fixing a front limb. Examining a hind foot. 



effective by using the trevis, in which both the head and the fore 

 and hind limbs are secured. 



The practitioner, however, is often content with much less perfect 



Fig. 287. — Fixing two limbs of one side for the operation of bistournage. 



methods, using either the so-called " bulldogs " or the nose ring, which 

 may usually be so manipulated as to control all but the most dangerous 

 animals. The nose ring is seldom employed except for bulls, which 



