INDEX 



775 



Digestion, ilium, passage of water 

 through, 213 

 intestinal absorption. See Ab- 

 sorption 

 movements, 224 

 nervous mechanism of, 227 

 intestinal, in horse, 212 

 in ruminants, 222 

 in pig, 222 

 in dog, 222 

 intestines, gases in, 221,227,230 

 large intestine, muscular bands, 

 214, 224 

 intestines, 214, 220 

 mastication, 153, 155 

 in horse, 156 

 in ox, 157 

 meconium, 234, 711 

 nervous system and secretion, 



191 

 oesophageal groove, 194, 204 

 of hay, 177 

 of oats, 179 



omasum, 197. See also Omasum 

 prehension of food, 153 

 rectum, 221 



reticulum, 196. See also Retic- 

 ulum 

 rumen, function of, 194. See 

 also Rumen 

 arrangement of food in, 195 

 rumination, 204. See also Ru- 

 mination 

 saliva, 161. See also Saliva 

 amount of secretion, 162 

 characteristics of, 163 

 secretion of, 167 

 use of, 164 

 secretin, 211, 243, 252 

 secretion of gastric juice, 184 

 starch conversion, 192, 256, 759 

 stomach, absorption from, 200 

 acids, 183 



digestion in horse, 172. See 

 also Stomach 

 in dog, 200 

 in pig, 199 

 in ruminants, 194 

 gases of, 202 

 gastric juice, 187 

 (horse) , arrangement of 



food in, 181 

 movements of food in, 207 

 mucin in, 186 

 nervous mechanism of, 208 

 (ox), arrangement of food 



in rumen, 195 

 pepsin, 189 

 periods of, 193 

 rennin, 190 

 rupture of, 1 76, 203,204, 235 



Digestion, stomach, self -digestion 

 of, 201 



vomiting, 202 

 Digestive processes, regulation of, 



230 

 Dilator nerves, 83, 84, 85, 89, 91, 528 

 Dioestrum, 688 

 Dioptrics, 558 

 Diphasic variation, 431 

 Disaccharides, 760 

 Discus proligerus, 697 

 Disease, heredity in, 737 

 Dislocation of patella, 601 

 Dissociation, 270 



of gases, 124, 127 

 Distribution of weight on limbs, 601 

 Diuretics, 321 

 Dobie's membrane, 388 

 Dog, absorption, carbolic acid, 282 



bile, 240 



blood, 2, 12, 17, 24 



brain, motor areas, 495 



demented, 493 



duiation of pregnancy, 722 



expression of feeling, 576 



gallop of, 633 



intestinal digestion in, 222 



life, average duration of, 743 



lymph, 268 



moral sense of, 509 



cestrous cycle, 689 



puberty of, 694 



reasoning in, 508 



scratch reflex, 448, 450, 452 



spinal, 449 



stomach digestion in, 200 



sweating of, 307 



temperature of, 374 



urine of, 339 

 Dominance, 735 

 Dominant characteristics, 733 

 Draught, angle of repose, 646 

 climbing hills, 646 

 horizontal, 645 



back muscles of, 646 



co-efficients of resistance, 643 



effort in, 646 



force of traction, 642, 643, 645 



height and weight, 646 



horse-power, 642 



influence of gradient, 645, 646 



maximum effort possible, 647 



physiology of, 645 



single and pairs, 648 



spirit and determination, 646, 

 647 



strength of horses, 646 



tables of work, 644 



the weight drawn, 647 



theory of, 646 

 Drinking, 155, 209, 213, 216 



