CONTENTS XI 



PAGES 



Lameness due to ailments of the bones 158 



Splints, ring-bones, side-bones, bone spavin, and bony en- 

 largements — Fracture. 



Lameness due to ailments of the joints 160 



Wind-galls, blood-spavin, bog-spavin, and thoroughpin. 

 Lameness due to ailments of muscles and tendons . . . 161 

 Sprains — Shoulder lameness — Sweeny shoulder — Sore 

 shoulder and neck, and galls — Curb. 

 Lameness due to capped-elbows or shoe-boils . . . 164 



Capped-elbows — Capped-knee — Capped-hock — Shoe-boil. 

 Lameness due to ailments of the foot . . . . 165 



Interfering — Overreaching — Calk wounds — Corns — Punc- 

 tured wounds of the foot — Cracked hoofs. 



Diseases of the Legs 168 



Scratches — Mud fever — Eczema. 



Diseases of the Digestive Organs 169 



Ailments of the Mouth 169 



Sore mouth — Abnormal and diseased teeth — Lampas. 



Ailments of the throat and gullet .170 



Choking. 



Ailments of the stomach and intestines 171 



Indigestion — Colic — Diarrhea or scouring — Constipation. 



Diseases of the Respiratory Organs 174 



Catarrh — Heaves, broken wind, asthma — Roaring, whistling, 

 thick wind. 



Miscellaneous Diseases 177 



Wounds — Distemper — Influenza — Azoturia — Foul sheath — 

 Diseases of the eye. 



PART II — CATTLE 



CHAPTER Vin 



Choosing Cattle — Judging . 185-202 



Types of Cattle 185 



The dairy type 186 



The beef type 186 



How to estimate the Age of a Cow ....... 187 



General examination ......... 18T 



Examination of the teeth 187 



