Excerpt from The Horse in Health and Disease: A Text-Book Pertaining to Veterinary Science for Agricultural Students
This book is designed as an introductory text to the study of veterinary science in agricultural schools and colleges. It is hoped that stockmen may also find it useful as a reference and aid in the care of animals. In Part I an effort has been made to correlate the structure and function of each organ of the body, and to show how the hidden, parts are related to the form, movements, and utility of the animal. In Part II the causes, methods of prevention, and effects of disease are considered.
The horse has been taken as a type, for the reason that it is customary to use this animal as a basis for comparison with our other domestic animals. Reference to cattle, sheep, and swine has been purposely omitted to keep the book within convenient size for use, and so that the teacher may supplement the text with lectures relative to these animals, as his judgment directs. It is recommended that the class-room instruction be amplified with demonstrations in the laboratory, stock-judging pavilion, and clinic whenever possible, as material help is derived from direct observation.
Lack of training in matters pertaining to the health of our horses and knowledge about nursing them when they are sick are largely responsible for the loss from disease during 1913 in the United States of over 500,000 head, valued at $58,000,000. If this book aids in preventing such a stupendous loss in the future, it will have justified all efforts that have been made in its preparation.
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