The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal, the horse ..to which is added A Prize essay on mules ..Also, an addenda, containing Annals of the turf, American stud book, rules for training, racing, &c. . y of the boar. It is necessaryto state that sows are voracious, and occasionally fierce and savageanimals, and have actually devoured young children. The sow is 278 DISEASES OP SWINE. spayed while she gives suck, and the boar safely castrated at anyage. The operation of castrating is performed by cutting themacross the middle of each ston
The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal, the horse ..to which is added A Prize essay on mules ..Also, an addenda, containing Annals of the turf, American stud book, rules for training, racing, &c. . y of the boar. It is necessaryto state that sows are voracious, and occasionally fierce and savageanimals, and have actually devoured young children. The sow is 278 DISEASES OP SWINE. spayed while she gives suck, and the boar safely castrated at anyage. The operation of castrating is performed by cutting themacross the middle of each stone, then pull them gently out andanoint the wound with tar. Spaying is performed by cutting in themid flank, on the left side, with a sharp knife or lancet, in order toextirpate or cut off the parts destined for conception, and then stitchup the wound, anoint the part with tar salve, keeping the animalwarm for two or three days. The usual way is to make the incisionin a sloping manner, two inches and a half long, that the fore fingermay be put in towards the back, to feel for the ovaries, which aretwo kernels as big as acorns, one on each side of the uterus, one ofwhich being drawn towards the wound, the cord or string is cut,and thus both taken out. !. THE DISEASES OF DOGS. 244. The diseases of dogs are vevy numerous. Tliefollowing are described by Blaine as the most preva-lent, with their methods of cme. 245. The canine asthma is hardly ever observed to attack anybut either old dogs, or those who, by confinement, too full living,and want of exercise, may be supposed to have become diseased bythese deviations from a state of nature. It is hardly possible to keepa dog very fat for any great length of time, without bringing it cough is frequently confounded with the cough that precedesand accompanies the distemper, but it may be readily distinguishedfrom this by an attention to circumstances, as the age of the animal,its not affecting the general health, nor producing imm
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