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‭Title: Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine‬

‭Author: Jno. A. W. Dollar‬

‭G. Moussu‬

‭Release date: February 22, 2024 [eBook #73019]‬

‭Language: English‬

‭Original publication: Chicago: American Veterinary Pub.Co, 1920‬

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 ‭DISEASES OF‬

‭CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS AND SWINE‬

‭By‬

‭G. MOUSSU‬

‭PROFESSOR AT THE VETERINARY COLLEGE OF ALFORT; DOCTOR‬

‭OF MEDICINE; DOCTOR OF SCIENCE, ETC.‬

‭AND‬

‭JNO. A. W. DOLLAR, M. R. C. V. S., F. R. S. E., M. R. I.‬

‭PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS;‬

‭VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH;‬
‭CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL SOCIETY OF‬
‭VETERINARY MEDICINE OF PARIS; ASSOCIATE OF THE SOCIETY‬
‭OF VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BRABANT (BELGIUM); LIFE‬
‭MEMBER OF ROYAL ITALIAN SOCIETY OF HYGIENE, ETC.‬
 ‭AMERICAN VETERINARY PUBLISHING COMPANY‬

‭CHICAGO‬

‭PUBLISHER‬

‭1920‬

‭(All Rights Reserved)‬

‭v‬

‭PREFACE.‬

‭No‬ ‭apology‬ ‭seems‬ ‭called‬ ‭for‬ ‭in‬ ‭presenting‬ ‭to‬ ‭English-speaking‬

‭veterinary‬ ‭surgeons‬ ‭and‬ ‭students‬ ‭a‬ ‭treatise‬ ‭on‬ ‭the‬ ‭diseases‬ ‭of‬
‭cattle.‬ ‭To‬ ‭those‬ ‭entrusted‬ ‭with‬ ‭the‬ ‭onerous‬ ‭task‬ ‭of‬ ‭preventing‬ ‭or‬
‭curing‬ ‭disease‬ ‭in‬ ‭cattle,‬ ‭sheep,‬ ‭and‬ ‭swine‬ ‭the‬ ‭scantiness‬ ‭of‬
‭permanent‬ ‭literature‬ ‭dealing‬ ‭with‬ ‭the‬ ‭subject‬ ‭must‬ ‭always‬ ‭have‬
‭proved‬ ‭a‬ ‭matter‬ ‭of‬ ‭some‬ ‭embarrassment,‬ ‭while‬ ‭to‬ ‭teachers‬ ‭and‬
‭students‬‭alike‬‭the‬‭want‬‭of‬‭a‬‭concise‬‭and‬‭modern‬‭textbook‬‭has‬‭long‬
‭been‬ ‭a‬ ‭difficulty‬ ‭of‬ ‭the‬ ‭first‬ ‭order.‬ ‭It‬ ‭is‬ ‭hoped‬ ‭that‬ ‭the‬ ‭present‬
‭volume may go some way towards remedying this state of affairs.‬
‭As‬‭on‬‭previous‬‭occasions,‬‭the‬‭writer‬‭has‬‭freely‬‭availed‬‭himself‬‭of‬
‭foreign‬ ‭sources‬ ‭of‬ ‭information.‬ ‭Two‬ ‭years‬ ‭ago‬ ‭he‬ ‭purchased‬ ‭the‬
‭literary‬ ‭rights‬ ‭in‬ ‭Professor‬ ‭Moussu’s‬ ‭“Maladies‬ ‭du‬ ‭Bétail,”‬ ‭which‬
‭had‬ ‭even‬ ‭then‬ ‭attained‬ ‭an‬ ‭European‬ ‭reputation,‬ ‭and‬ ‭which‬ ‭forms‬
‭the‬‭backbone‬‭of‬‭the‬‭present‬‭volume.‬‭To‬‭obtain‬‭further‬‭information,‬
‭the‬ ‭more‬ ‭important‬ ‭German‬ ‭treatises‬ ‭have‬ ‭been‬ ‭laid‬ ‭under‬
‭contribution,‬ ‭while‬ ‭all‬ ‭accessible‬ ‭English,‬ ‭American,‬ ‭and‬ ‭Colonial‬
‭literature‬ ‭of‬ ‭recent‬ ‭date‬ ‭has‬ ‭been‬ ‭referred‬ ‭to.‬ ‭(The‬ ‭references‬
‭practically‬ ‭extend‬ ‭up‬ ‭to‬ ‭the‬ ‭moment‬ ‭of‬ ‭writing—the‬ ‭latest‬ ‭being‬
‭June,‬ ‭1905.)‬ ‭In‬ ‭this‬ ‭way‬ ‭the‬ ‭work‬ ‭may‬ ‭in‬ ‭some‬ ‭degree‬ ‭claim‬ ‭to‬
‭have‬ ‭assumed‬ ‭an‬ ‭international‬ ‭character.‬ ‭The‬ ‭extent‬ ‭of‬ ‭the‬
‭additions‬ ‭is‬ ‭indicated‬ ‭by‬ ‭an‬ ‭increase‬ ‭in‬‭the‬‭number‬‭of‬‭illustrations‬
‭of 140, and of the text of nearly 50 per cent.‬
‭Professor‬ ‭McQueen‬ ‭has‬ ‭performed‬ ‭the‬ ‭greatly-valued‬ ‭service‬ ‭of‬
‭reading‬ ‭proof‬ ‭sheets‬ ‭and‬ ‭advising‬ ‭the‬ ‭writer‬ ‭as‬ ‭the‬ ‭book‬ ‭passed‬
‭through the press.‬
‭To‬ ‭Dr.‬ ‭Salmon,‬ ‭of‬ ‭the‬ ‭United‬ ‭States‬ ‭Department‬ ‭of‬ ‭Agriculture,‬
‭special‬ ‭thanks‬ ‭are‬ ‭due‬ ‭for‬ ‭his‬ ‭generous‬ ‭permission‬ ‭to‬ ‭quote‬ ‭from‬
‭the annual reports of that body.‬
‭Other acknowledgments will be found in the text.‬
‭vi‬

‭Once‬ ‭again‬ ‭the‬ ‭writer,‬ ‭who‬ ‭on‬ ‭this‬ ‭occasion‬ ‭chances‬ ‭also‬ ‭to‬ ‭be‬
‭the‬ ‭President‬ ‭of‬ ‭the‬‭Royal‬‭College‬‭of‬‭Veterinary‬‭Surgeons,‬‭appeals‬
‭for‬‭lenient‬‭judgment‬‭on‬‭work‬‭performed‬‭under‬‭no‬‭common‬‭stress‬‭of‬
‭duties, professional and political.‬
‭JNO. A. W. DOLLAR.‬

‭56, N‬‭EW‬ ‭B‭O

‬ ND‬ ‭S‬‭TREET‬‭,‬

‭L‬‭ONDON‬‭, E‬‭NGLAND‬‭,‬

‭June, 1905‬‭.‬
‭vii‬