COMMON DISEASES OF FARM ANIMALS

By R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

[Illustration: Frontispiece--INSANITARY DAIRY STABLE AND YARDS. DISEASE AND
FINANCIAL LOSS ARE TO BE EXPECTED WHEN FARM ANIMALS ARE KEPT IN FILTHY,
INSANITARY QUARTERS]



PREFACE

In preparing the material for this book, the author has endeavored to
arrange and discuss the subject matter in a way to be of the greatest
service and help to the agricultural student and stockman, and place at
their disposal a text and reference book.

The general discussions at the beginning of the different sections and
chapters, and the discussions of the different diseases are naturally
brief. An effort has been made to conveniently arrange the topics for both
practical and class-room work. The chapters have been grouped under the
necessary heads, with review questions at the end of each chapter, and the
book divided into seven parts.

The chapters on diseases of the locomotory organs, the teeth, surgical
diseases and castration, although not commonly discussed in books of this
class, the writer believes will be of value for reference and instructional
work.

When used as a text-book, it will be well for the instructor to supplement