OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. 



CHAPTER I. 



DIGESTION AND FOOD. 



Introduction. Selection of food. Prehension of food. Lips of horse. 

 The tongue of horse and ox. Incisor teeth. Parrot mouth. Larapas. 

 Position in the collection of food. Lips of ox. Pad in mouth of ox. 

 Snout of pig. Pigs the town scavengers at Naples. Prehension in car- 

 nivorous animals. A troublesome bone. Prehension of liquids. Suction. 

 Pumping. Aspiration. Lapping. Diseases of organs of prehension. 

 'Big Head.' Aphtha. Inflammation of tongue. Induration. Sup- 

 puration. Ulcers of tongue. Paralysis of lips and tongue. Abuse of 

 bits. Nature of food: its proximate principles. Inorganic principles. 

 Hydrocarbons. Albuminoid constituents. Mastication. The jaws. 

 The teeth. Enamel. Dentine. Cement. Their relative hardness. 

 Teeth of Herbivora, age determined by. Dentition in ox ; in siieep ; in 

 horse. Dentition in dog; in pig. Deceptions practised. 'Bishoping.' 

 ' Cardinals.' ' Gypping.' ' Puffing the Glym.' 



AMONGST the most important questions in Social Economy, 

 are those which refer to the means of support most favour- 

 able for the health and full development of the animals sub- 

 servient to man's will and wants. The management of stock 

 resolves itself, in a great measure, into the simple problem of 

 'how to feed.' The satisfactory solution of such a problem 

 can only be arrived at with a perfect knowledge of the apti- 



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