Contents xi 



CHAPTER IX 



PAGES 



Breeding, and Veterinary Obstetrics 192-216 



Sterility 194 



Signs of Pregnancy 198 



Signs of Parturition, or Approaching Birth 200 



Oystokia 202 



Removing tlie Placenta 206 



Eversion of the Uterus 207 



Altered Milk Secretions 209 



Matnmitis 210 



Milk Fever 212 



Caring for the Young, and Weaning 215 



Pyemia, or Blood-poisoning, in Colts 216 



CHAPTER X 



Diseases and Injuries of the Bones, Limbs and Joints . 217-243 



Fractures 217 



Fractuie of Hip Bone 223 



Ulceration of Bone 223 



"Side-bones" 224 



Softening of Bones 224 



Brittle Bones 225 



Cartilage Turning to Bone 225 



Osteoporosis 226 



Bony Enlargements 226 



Bone Spavin 227 



Ring-bone 231 



Big-knee and Other Enlargements 233 



Splint 233 



Dislocat on of Bones 234 



Knuckling 235 



Stifle 235 



Dislocation of the Neck 237 



