A practical treatise on the breeding cow, and extraction of the calf, before and at the time of calving : in which the question of difficult parturition is considered in all its bearings, with reference to facts and experience; including observations on the diseases of neat cattle generally; containing profitable instructions to the breeding farmer, cowkeeper, and grazier, for attending to their own cattle during illness ... / by Edward Skellett.

  • Skellett, Edward.
Date:
[after 1868]
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Credit: A practical treatise on the breeding cow, and extraction of the calf, before and at the time of calving : in which the question of difficult parturition is considered in all its bearings, with reference to facts and experience; including observations on the diseases of neat cattle generally; containing profitable instructions to the breeding farmer, cowkeeper, and grazier, for attending to their own cattle during illness ... / by Edward Skellett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. This Work is divided by the Author into two parts: The first contains the various cir- eumstances that attend the state of gestation, or pregnancy, and the parturition, or deli- very, of the animal. The second part com- prehends the various diseases incident to this species of cattle. The first of these subjects is one of the ut- most importance both to the farmer and gra- zier, whose interest is so materially concerned in it; therefore, in order that it may be fully understood, the author has entered minutely into its consideration, and brought forward such practical facts as every one concerned ought to be acquainted with. He accord- ingly treats, first, of the symptoms shewn B