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ih« kicked up her hind feet and lowered her head, in doing 

 this she caught her nose on the ground, which threw hei 

 over ontc her head and neck. We heard the bone snap, and 

 by the time we got to her she was dead. On examining her w« 

 found that one of the bones of the neck was broken in the fall, 

 which caused her death instantly. In any case where the bonea 

 of the neck are fractured enough to press on the spinal cord U 

 will cause death instantly. 



FRACTURES OF THE BONES OF THE BACK. 



This may occur from something falling on the animal, or bj 

 slipping and falling, or from another animal jumping on it whil« 

 standing crooked. 



Symptoms. — There is paralysis of the hind quarters, attended 

 with pain ; the animal will moan and refuses to eat anything^. 

 In severe cases the back will be swollen, and the mark of what 

 caused the fracture can be seen. 



Treatment. — It is best to kill the animal, but if you wish to 

 trv to treat it, keep it quiet, feed on soft food and keep the bowelf 

 regulated by giving small doses of salts ; turn it from side to sitV- 

 twice a day, and be careful while turning it not to hurt its. back. 



FRACTURE OF THE BONES OF THE HIP. 

 In some cases we have a hip knocked down from a blow, a» 

 from running through a narrow doorway and striking the hi|v 

 This is not dangerous, only it spoils the look of the animal whea 

 its hip is knocked down. If it is sore after being knocked dows 

 bathe twice a day with luke warm water and apply white liniment 

 until the soreness is out ; if the bone heals all right do nothing 

 more to it. Sometimes we have a case where the broken piece ol 

 bone does not heal to the other ; it soon begins to fester around 

 it, and the parts become swollen and sore. You must then ope» 

 it with a sharp knife and remove the broken piece of bone. Fra» 

 ture of the under part of the hip bones generally occurs from the 

 animal slipping on ice when the legs straddle out. As soon •• K 

 gets up it walks off very stiff, and the legs are straddled out b# 

 hind whfle walking or standing. The treatment for thii to W 

 keep the animal very quiet by tying it in a stall until th« M« " ' 

 unitei which generally takes four or five weeks. 



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