. The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies : including horses, cattle, cows, sheep, swine, fowls, dogs, etc. .... s ceased, tie up the tail with a piece of linen the operation is simple and safe, and may act in someefficient curative manner, it is worth remembering. FOUL IN THE FOOT—FOUL CLAW. Definition.—A disease of cattle characterized by inflam-mation and suj)puration of the substance between the cleft ofthe hoof, and occasionally extending to the bones and jointsof the foot, j)roducing great lameness, with much fever, lossof condition, and even death. It is mo
. The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies : including horses, cattle, cows, sheep, swine, fowls, dogs, etc. .... s ceased, tie up the tail with a piece of linen the operation is simple and safe, and may act in someefficient curative manner, it is worth remembering. FOUL IN THE FOOT—FOUL CLAW. Definition.—A disease of cattle characterized by inflam-mation and suj)puration of the substance between the cleft ofthe hoof, and occasionally extending to the bones and jointsof the foot, j)roducing great lameness, with much fever, lossof condition, and even death. It is most commonly, but notinvariably, seen in the hind feet. Causes.—These are: Overgrowth of the hoof, causing anexcessive strain on its parts; the irritation of pebbles, thorns,dirt or other foreign substance caught between the claws; andsometimes a general scrofulous character of the constitution. Symptoms.—These are evident in the lameness of theanimal, and in the condition of the foot. Where it arisesfrom a scrofulous condition of the blood, it is aj)t to be asso-ciated with the signs of consumption, as described on page.
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