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CHAPTER XIII. 

 TUBERCULOSIS. 

 The Great Percentage of Tuberculosis — The An- 

 nual Loss — The Infection — The Cause — Nature of 

 Tuberculosis — The Symptoms — The Tuberculin Test 

 — The Control of Tuberculosis — Disposing of the 

 Infected Animal 91 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 CONTAGIOUS ABORTION IN CATTLE. 

 Infectious Abortion — The Pathological Cause- 

 Mode of Infection — Time of Greatest Danger of 

 Abortion — Symptoms — Segregation — Treatment 98 



CHAPTER XV. 

 FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 

 A Most Serious Disease — LTnknown Until Re- 

 cently — The Purpose of the Quarantine — Lack of 

 Support of the Stockman — The Disease in Europe — 

 Not a Fatal Disease — The Malignant Type — Carry- 

 ing the Contagion — The Financial Losses 104 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 THE COW'S UDDER AND MILK SECRETION. 

 Mammary Glands— The Udder— The Fats— The 

 Formation of Milk — Milk — Qriantity of Milk Ill 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 DISEASES OF THE COW'S UDDER. 

 Of Two Kinds — Care of the Udder — Injury to the 

 Udder — Bloody Milk — The Cause — Tuberculosis — 

 Tumors of the Udder — Suppression of Milk — Simple 

 Mammitis — Infectious Mammitis — The Treatment. 

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CHAPTER XVIII. 

 DISEASE OF THE COW'S TEATS. 

 Disease Affecting the Exterior — Diseases Affect- 

 ing the Interior — Injury to the Teats — Chapped or 

 Cracked Teats — Teats Blocked by Case in Warts on 

 the Teats — Calculus or Stone in the Teats — Tumor 

 in the Teat — Closure of the Milk Duct by Lining 

 Membrane — Stricture of the Teat — Absence of Open- 

 ing—Fistula of the Teat 122 



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