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PAKE. 



Chap. XVII. Diseases due to mistakes in feeding. — 

 Colics and their significance. Bloating in sheep 

 and cattle. Choking and its treatment. .Founder 

 . (laminitis),its causes and treatment. Lymphangitis 

 (big leg) and its prevention. Idleness and its ser- 

 ious result, Azoturia. The logical end of excessive 

 hay feeding, Heaves. Water trouble in rams and 

 wethers. Sore sheaths in cattle and sheep 202-216 



Chap. XVIII. Diseases of the teeth. — Teething and its 

 results. Lampas and its significance. Money paid 

 to the quack or travelling horse-dentist is thrown 

 away. A profitable investment. "Wolf teeth »o£ a 

 cause of eye troubles. No age free from tooth 

 troubles. Signs of faulty teeth. Cribbing and 

 windsucking. Black teeth in young pigs. Dis- 

 charges from the nostrils and their significance... 217-221 



Chap. XIX. Foot and limb troubles. — The locating of 

 lameness. The spavin test. Sweeny or shoulder- 

 slip. Sore shoulders and collar galls. The location 

 and treatment of splints. Scratches. Ringbone, 

 heredity a cause. Sidebones an affection of heavy 

 horses. Foot-rot in sheep. Thrush and its pre- 

 vention. Coffin joint lameness, navicular disease. 

 Shoe pricks and corns. Stifle out, one result of 

 breeding from weak-stifled horses. Bone and bog 

 spavins. Curbs and curby hocks. Shoeboils, string- 

 halt and capped elbows 222-241 



Chap. XX. External and internal parasites of 

 animals. — Sheep scab and its suppression. Lice 

 and ri ngworm. Some summer pests of sheep, mag- 

 gots and grub in the head. The hornfly and 

 warbles. Poultry lice. Summer sores of horses. 



, Bots. The treatment of pinworms. Symptoms of 

 worms in colts. The July and August lamb de- 

 stroyer, the stomach worm. Tapeworms and the 

 pumpkin seed decoction 242-25° 



Chap. XXI. Contagious diseases and their suppres- 

 sion.— The bacillus of Koch and consumption. 

 Tuberculosis a contagious and not an hereditary dis- 



