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Diseases of Sheep - How to Know Them; Their Causes, Prevention and Cure - Containing Extracts from Livestock for the Farmer and Stock Owner
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"Diseases of Sheep " contains information on the various ailments common in sheep and their, prevention, diagnosis and treatment. It is intended to illustrate the main ailments afflicting sheep and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject. This volume will be of utility to modern farmers and sheep owners, and it would make for a handy addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: “Referring To Scientific Terms”, “Inflammatory Diseases”, “Distemper Or Epizootic Catarrh”, “Grubs In The Head”, “Hydatids On The Brain”, “Apoplexy”, “Inflammation Of The Brain”, “Inflammation Of The Eyes”, “Swelled Head”, “Vegetable Poisoning”, “Tetanus Or Lock-Jaw”, “Paralysis”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on sheep farming.
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PublisherRead Books Ltd.
Release dateDec 14, 2012
ISBN9781447481171
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Diseases of Sheep - How to Know Them; Their Causes, Prevention and Cure - Containing Extracts from Livestock for the Farmer and Stock Owner - A. H. Baker
BOOK IV
PART II
Diseases of Sheep
HOW TO KNOW THEM; THEIR CAUSES, PRE
VENTION AND CURE
CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR.
COMMON SCAB.
First Pronounced Manifestation.
COMMON SCAB, ADVANCED CASE.
DISEASES OF SHEEP.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL DISEASES.
I. REFERRING TO SCIENTIFIC TERMS.—II. INFLAMMATORY DISEASES.—III. DISTEMPER OR EPIZOOTIC CATARRH.—IV. GRUBS IN THE HEAD.—V. HYDATIDS ON THE BRAIN.—VI. APOPLEXY.—VII. INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN.—VIII. INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES.—IX. SWELLED HEAD.—X. VEGETABLE POISONING.—XI. TETANUS OR LOCK-JAW.—XII. PARALYSIS OR PALSY.—XIII. RABIES OR CANINE MADNESS.
I. Referring to Scientific Terms.
The anatomy and explanation of the terms used to designate the several parts of a sheep have been treated of in Chapter I of Part VII. A careful study of these is necessary to enable the flock-owner intelligently to undertake the cure of disease, as well as to enable him to become nicely conversant with all that goes to make up physical perfection in the animal. The knowledge of these things is an important integer in constituting the difference between haphazard and practically intelligent breeding, management, and cure of diseases, and may save the intelligent man valuable animals and much money yearly. In the United States and Canada, the fatal diseases to which sheep are subject are comparatively few; and this is especially true in the West and Southwest, owing, probably, to the fact that the summer and autumn are comparatively dry and equable, and the winters
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