Cattle and Their Diseases / Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, and Feeding and Management; with the Diseases to Which They Are Subject, and the Remedies Best Adapted to Their Cure

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CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES
EMBRACING
THEIR HISTORY AND BREEDS, CROSSING AND BREEDING, AND
FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT; WITH THE DISEASES
TO WHICH THEY ARE SUBJECT, AND
THE REMEDIES BEST ADAPTED
TO THEIR CURE.
TO WHICH IS ADDED A LIST OF THE MEDICINES USED IN TREATING
CATTLE.
BY ROBERT JENNINGS, V. S.,

PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY AND OPERATIVE SURGERY IN THE
VETERINARY COLLEGE OF
PHILADELPHIA; LATE PROFESSOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE IN THE
AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE OF OHIO; SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY
ASSOCIATION
OF PHILADELPHIA; AUTHOR OF "THE HORSE
AND HIS DISEASES," ETC., ETC.
With Numerous Illustrations.
PHILADELPHIA:
John E. Potter and Company,
617 Sansom Street.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
JOHN E. POTTER,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United
States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
PREFACE.
A marked interest has of late years been manifested in our
country relative to the subject of breeding and rearing
domestic cattle. This has not been confined to the
dairyman
alone.
The
greater
portion
of
intelligent
agriculturists have perceived the necessity of paying more
attention than was formerly devoted to the improvement and
perfection of breeds for the uses of the table as well. In
this respect, European cattle-raisers have long taken the

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