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 oapped-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 VIII 



Choosing Cattle — Judging 185-202 



Types of Cattle , . . 185 



The dairy type 1^^ 



The beef type ^^^ 



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



General examination 187 



Examination of the teeth 187 



