Good vaccine lymph. An inquiry as to what extent it is desirable to employ heifer vaccination, with details of that method / by John Greene.

  • Greene, John.
Date:
1871
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Credit: Good vaccine lymph. An inquiry as to what extent it is desirable to employ heifer vaccination, with details of that method / by John Greene. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    time, and are accustomed to fare in the open field; they eat hay, grass, or oats, with good appetite, and chew the cud happily. The younger animals are noisy and rest- less, and frequently require physicking with laudanum, chalk mixture, and gin halls. If the animals are chosen too soon after being weaned, they do not ' take ' so well, the skin being dry, contracted, and unsuitable for the development of cow-pox. Of the breeds, the best are those' of York and Gloucester, their skins are softer and more vascular, it does not signify whether males or females, but the latter by preference on the score of convenience. The young animals at Brussels are those intended for slaughter afterwards, the older ones used in Birmingham, are rearing calves, and after they have served their turn go back to their fields, having always prospered well in flesh during their confinement, which lasts a week. The best means of securing the animal during the operation, is on a large firm table covered with a mattress and soft oil cloth, having a very strong padded iron upright at one end; the heifer is hoisted by pulleys and sling on to the table and laid on her right side, the left leg is securely fastened to the upright, and she is in other ways bound down with straps; cleanliness is provided for by a suitable arrangement in the table for the reception of discharges.