Edinburgh veterinary review and annals of comparative pathology. [Continued as] The Veterinary review and stockowners' journal, ed. by J. Gamgee. New |
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... remark- able statement - confirming as it does the pretty general impression that some potent cause has operated against production . From the above comparative table , it will be seen that in 1851 the supplies of sheep and lambs ...
... remark- able statement - confirming as it does the pretty general impression that some potent cause has operated against production . From the above comparative table , it will be seen that in 1851 the supplies of sheep and lambs ...
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... remarks to those I have made regarding pleuro - pneu- monia , apply also to the foot - and - mouth disease , or epizootic aphtha . I shall therefore refer to these diseases in Ireland together . The province of Munster was the first to ...
... remarks to those I have made regarding pleuro - pneu- monia , apply also to the foot - and - mouth disease , or epizootic aphtha . I shall therefore refer to these diseases in Ireland together . The province of Munster was the first to ...
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... remarks on the case of the bitch . I may notice here the second series of facts , which are related by Captain Kinloch , who says in a note , " The hounds have twice been taken with similar symptoms , in each case hunting in the same ...
... remarks on the case of the bitch . I may notice here the second series of facts , which are related by Captain Kinloch , who says in a note , " The hounds have twice been taken with similar symptoms , in each case hunting in the same ...
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... remarks , I may add that , however well satisfied Pro- fessor Dick may feel , that enough has been learnt to lead us to deter- mine something for future guidance ; I maintain that we have every- thing to learn except the fact of the ...
... remarks , I may add that , however well satisfied Pro- fessor Dick may feel , that enough has been learnt to lead us to deter- mine something for future guidance ; I maintain that we have every- thing to learn except the fact of the ...
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... remark made by the Lord Mayor Elect , respecting the deficiency of veterinary knowledge in this country , he hoped his Caledonian friend would not be displeased with him if he contended that although there were no veterinary schools ...
... remark made by the Lord Mayor Elect , respecting the deficiency of veterinary knowledge in this country , he hoped his Caledonian friend would not be displeased with him if he contended that although there were no veterinary schools ...
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