CONTENTS 



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VI. Management, Feeding, Etc., of Sheep . . .573 



Shelter — Drifting Snow — Effects of Rain — Heat and Flies — 

 Washing — Shearing — Food — Fattening. 



VII. Different Breeds of Sheep . . , .580 



SECTION IV 



DISEASES OF SWINE 



Introduction ...... 



I. Internal Complaints .... 



Inflammation of the Lungs — Quinsy — Blood-Striking, 



II, Gargut, or Distended Udder . . 



III. Breeding, Gestation, Parturition . 



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SECTION V 

 DISEASES OF DOGS 



Introduction 



I. Diseases of the Head and Chest .... 



Swelling in the Throat — Internal Ulceration of the Ear — 

 Coughs — Inflammation of the Lungs — Asthma — The Dis- 

 temper — Rabies, or Hydrophobia — Bites of Vipers — Poison — 

 Blindness. 



II. Diseases of the Abdomen, Etc. .... 



Inflammation of the Bowels — Inflammation of the Bladder — 

 Worms : Intestinal Parasites ; Tape-Worms ; Round-Worms; 

 Sucking- Worms — Dropsy — Costi veness — Colic — Diarrhoea, 

 or Looseness — Blend Water, or Bloody Urine — Piles — Fits. 



III. Diseases of the External Parts, Etc. 



Diseases of the Eye — External Ulcer of the Ear — Canker in the 

 Ear— The Common Mange — The Red Mange— Foul Coats 

 — Sore Feet — Wounds — Sprains and Bruises — Scalds — 

 Rickets — Thorns — Fleas and Ticks, etc. 



IV. Operations ....... 



Blood-Letting— Method of giving a Bolus or Pill— Worming — 

 Fractures— Cropping. 



V. Gestation, Parturition, Etc, ..... 

 On Breeding Generally — Parturition, or Pupping. 



VI, Feeding, Management, Training, Etc. 



Greyhounds — Of Training Fox-Hounds — Training of Pointers 

 and Setters — Vocabulary — Maxims — Retrievers — Water- 

 Dogs — Greyhounds — The Kennel. 



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