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horse when the long cart rope is used for securing the 

 animal for castration. (See Fig. 7.) 



Dressing the feet of the ox, as in eczema epizootica, 

 may be effected either by means of a long stick with some 

 tow fixed on the end, or, when the hind feet are to be 

 treated, by raising the foot towards a beam by a hobble 



Fig. 7. — An Ox prepared for casting, a. Seat of u 



(Armatage.) 



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fixed above the hock, the rope passing from it over the beam 

 and its free end held by assistants. Another method is to 

 pass a pole between the hind legs and have the limb sup- 

 ported just above bend of the hock by a man at each end 

 of the pole in such a way as to raise the limb as much as 

 required. 



Slinging of the ox is not often resorted to. It too 

 much interferes with digestive and respiratory processes. 



Four drachms of chloroform administered to a two-year 

 old heifer caused slow and laboured respirations at the 

 end of a minute, at two and a half minutes the animal 

 staggered, and at three and a half minutes fell to the 

 ground. At six minutes the breathing had become more 

 laborious. At six and a half minutes the animal seemed 

 completely insensible, the pupils were fully dilated, the 

 conjunctivae congested. The sponge was now removed. 



