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Title: The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner ..
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Waterman, George Arthur, ed Cornell University. College of Veterinary Medicine. Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library. fmo
Subjects: Veterinary medicine
Publisher: Detroit, F. B. Dickerson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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troubles attending calving.The passage, or vagina, is formed on the same principle as in themare, but is not so long. The vulva is much the same, but theclitoris is very small. The Udder, Mammary Glands, or Bag, should be prettywell understood. The bag is divided into halves, and thesehalves again divided, each part being known as a quarter of thebag, each quarter having a mammary, or milk gland, and a sinus,or pouch, to hold the secreted milk until the cow is milked. Thesinus is situated just above the passage of the teat. THE GENITAL ORGANS OF THE BULL.—The Testicles.—The testicles are ovoid and well developed,lying vertical instead of horizontal as in the horse. The sper-matic cord and artery are small, when compared with the horse. The Penis.— The penis is long and pointed, and has anS-shaped curve in it, when not projected, just below the pubisor hip-bones; this curve may be felt with the fingers (if the bujidont object), just in the rear of the scrotum. The sheath is long
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I o H n hO zo DISEASES OF CATTLE 363 and runs farther forward on the belly than with the horse, andhas a tuft of hair on the point. When the penis is extendedforward, as in serving a cow, the S-shaped curve of the penisstraightens. The S-shaped curve prevents the passage of thecatheter through from the end of the penis, as in the horse. Theurethra has to be cut into just below the anus, where it roundsforward. ACTION OF REMEDIES IN CATTLE On account of a different make-up, remedies work quite dif-ferently in cattle than in the horse. Medicines should, as far aspossible, be given them in liquid form, and in more bulky form thanfor the horse. The medicine should also be given slowly, as thechances are better for it passing into the fourth stomach. Cattlealso take from one and a half to two times the dose taken byhorses. Aloes, though so excellent a purgative for horses, is not agood remedy for cattle, while Epsom Salts, that are cold anddrastic for horses, on cattle work like a charm. C

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