The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . FIG. 8.—IIOLDIXG A HOESE FOR DRENCHING. this simple contrivance very effectually tames or disarms evena vicious bull, ox, or cow; [d) the operator should stand wellwith his back against the animals shoulder, propping him- Hoto io Drench Cattle. 51 self lip with the right leg; to do this the animal should,especially if awkward, be against a wall oa its left side. Anincautious person may be severely bruised and tlirown intothe manger by proceeding np to the head of a cow, not get-ting full command of the animal, and presenting his b
The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . FIG. 8.—IIOLDIXG A HOESE FOR DRENCHING. this simple contrivance very effectually tames or disarms evena vicious bull, ox, or cow; [d) the operator should stand wellwith his back against the animals shoulder, propping him- Hoto io Drench Cattle. 51 self lip with the right leg; to do this the animal should,especially if awkward, be against a wall oa its left side. Anincautious person may be severely bruised and tlirown intothe manger by proceeding np to the head of a cow, not get-ting full command of the animal, and presenting his back to. FIG. 9.—DEENCniNG AN OX. its hind extremities, with which an ox can strike effectuallyforwards. Sometimes the organs of swallowing are paralysed in cat-tle, as in cases of parturient apoplexy ; at other times thereare foreign substances impacted in the gullet. With the 52 General Principles of Veterinary Iledlcine. view of displacing the foreign object in the one instance, andof introducing medicines in the fluid state in the stomachunder any emergency, a hollow probang may be used. Thefluids may also be forced into the stomach by the pumpingaction of a syringe. The probang is guided through the centre of the moutnby a gag. We give the drawing of two forms. Fig. 10is probably the best.
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