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coat, untie the tapes and drop the flap, thns uncovering 

 the udder. For a buck, cut a hole near the center of the 

 coat to fit over the sheath. 



Uses. — These coats are used in all cases of sickness to 

 conserve the body warmth. They are used to cover and 

 to hold in place a wool sweater over the chest in cases of 

 pneumonia and other lung trouble ( page 204 ) , to hold in 



Fia. 54. — Flap of coat untied and tucked forward, uncovering udder for milking. 



place a covering for the udder in cases of mammitis or 

 other trouble (page 215) , to prevent self sucking (page 

 170), and to prevent kids from nursing (page 16.5). 



Other useful equipment for a goat hospital would 

 include a clinical thermometer, a fountain syringe with 

 three tubes — a small and a large rectal tube and a vag- 

 inal tube — and a hand-bulb syringe with an aluminum 

 tube, for the purpose of administering liquid medicines 

 (Fig. 55). 



