Diseases of Cattle. 



Chapter. X. 



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Prevention op Disease — Good Nursing — Importance op Proper Cars: — 

 Difference Between Alimentary Canal of Ox and That op Horse — 

 Temperament of Cattle — Susceptibility to Diseases op the Blood — 

 Non-Susceptibility to Nervous Diseases — Fortitude of Cattle in Dis- 

 ease — Administering Medicine — Doses Given — Difference in the 

 Action of Medicines in Cattle and Horses — Importance of Famil- 

 iarity with the Appearance of Cattle in Health — Normal Pulse, 

 Respiration, and Temperature — How to Observe Each and "What to 

 Note. 



IN considering the diseases of, cattle, or other domestic animals, 

 it is well to remind the reader, that, however careful the instruc- 

 tions or full the details which may be given, the real point of 

 importance is the prevention of accident or disease. 



Fig. 941.— Skeleton ol the Cow. 



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