PART III. 



Diseases of Cattle, Sheep and Swine. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



General Remarks on the Diseases of Cattle^ and their Ti'eat- 

 ment. 



Peculiarities of the Action of Medicines on Cattle, 



There are a number of diseases which in general outline 

 and management are nearly or quite the same in the two 

 large quadrupeds, the horse and the ox. As previously 

 noted, (page 83), a number of these will be found discussed 

 under the Diseases of the Horse. There remains, however, 

 a large class of maladies which are either peculiar to cattle, 

 or present peculiar traits in them, which demand separate 

 discussion ; and to these this Part will be devoted, as also to 

 the consideration of the less known, though really not less 

 interesting, sicknesses of sheep and swine. We begin with 

 some 



GENERAL REMARKS ON THE DISEASES OF CATTLE, AND 



THEIR TREATMENT. 



The purposes for which cattle have been domesticated, and 



their characteristics as ruminating animals, lead to several 



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