Horse 36 to 40 per minute
Ox 45 to 50 per minute
Sheep 70 to 80 per minute
Pig 70 to 80 per minute
Dog 90 to 100 per minute

In sickness the pulse is instantly responsive. It is of the greatest aid
in diagnosing and in noting the progress of the disease. The following
varieties of pulse may be mentioned: _frequent, infrequent, quick, slow,
large, small, hard, soft_ and _intermittent_. The terms frequent and
infrequent refer to the number of pulse beats in a given time; quick and
slow to the length of time required for the pulse wave to pass beneath the
finger; large and small to the volume of the wave; hard and soft to its
compressibility; and intermittent to the occasional missing of a beat. A
pulse beat that is small and quick, or large and soft, is frequently met
with in diseases of a serious character.

[Illustration: FIG. 3.--The X on the lower border of the jaw indicates the
place where the pulse is taken.]

_The horse's pulse_ is taken from the submaxillary artery at a point
anterior to, or below the angle of the jaw and along its inferior border
(Fig. 3). It is here that the artery winds around the inferior border of
the jaw in an upward direction, and, because of its location immediately
beneath the skin, it can be readily located by pressing lightly over the
region with the fingers.

_Cattle's pulse_ is taken from the same artery as in the horse. The artery
is most superficial a little above the border of the jaw. It is more
difficult to find the pulse wave in cattle than it is in horses, because of