Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . positions in which the fcetus may be presented is sur-prising, but there are four presentations to which, because of their beingby far the most frequent, we will call special attention, namely: (1) the PARTURITION. 485 head presenting, (2) the tail presenting, (3) the right transverse position,and (4) the left transverse pos
Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . positions in which the fcetus may be presented is sur-prising, but there are four presentations to which, because of their beingby far the most frequent, we will call special attention, namely: (1) the PARTURITION. 485 head presenting, (2) the tail presenting, (3) the right transverse position,and (4) the left transverse position. Head Presentation.—This is the most common, and the one that isattended with the least difficulty. It is depicted with great accuracy inour illustration. The fore feet are extended, and the head rests uponthem; thus they form a sort of cone, which acts as a dilator of the passage,greatly facilitating the delivery. Many authors claim this to be the onlynatural form of delivery. Tail Presentation.—This is another frequent form, yet much less sothan the one just considered. Here the hind feet protrude, with the tailresting on them. This form of delivery is not as easy as the first, onaccount of there being no gradual dilatation to permit the passage of the. HEAD IRESE^JTATION. large croup. It is easily recognized by feeling the hocks and tlie tail of thefoetus. Right Transverse Position.—This should not be considered a naturalform (though many veterinarians think otherwise), but rather as a mal-presentation. The head is turned to the right side of the mother. It maybe distinguished by feeling the colts withers, mane and head. Left Transverse Position. —This is the reverse of the preceding. Theposition is head to the left, as may be recognized by feeling the coltswithers, and up along his neck. All other presentations may, in a general way, be regarded as modifica-tions of the four above described. 486 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. III. Attentio
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