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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... sheep and lambs exhibited comprised 1,549,426 head , and that , in 1861 , they had declined to 1,378,901 head , being a decline in them . of 170,525 , notwithstanding that the imports of foreign sheep in- creased in the same period ...
... sheep and lambs exhibited comprised 1,549,426 head , and that , in 1861 , they had declined to 1,378,901 head , being a decline in them . of 170,525 , notwithstanding that the imports of foreign sheep in- creased in the same period ...
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... sheep purchased at the large fairs are taken , and serious losses are incurred by farmers . Any one having grass on which he wishes to place sheep for a certain time , purchases in Ballinasloe or elsewhere , and finds that an apparently ...
... sheep purchased at the large fairs are taken , and serious losses are incurred by farmers . Any one having grass on which he wishes to place sheep for a certain time , purchases in Ballinasloe or elsewhere , and finds that an apparently ...
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... sheep - pox . We import largely from these countries ; and frequently the apparently sound sheep of a diseased flock are shipped for the London market . We are , therefore , not as- tonished to receive an assurance on the part of a ...
... sheep - pox . We import largely from these countries ; and frequently the apparently sound sheep of a diseased flock are shipped for the London market . We are , therefore , not as- tonished to receive an assurance on the part of a ...
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... sheep , and destroying those in whom the hope of recovery was small ; and this plan un- doubtedly answered , for there were two farms , on each of which two variolous sheep in the early stage of the malady , were removed from their ...
... sheep , and destroying those in whom the hope of recovery was small ; and this plan un- doubtedly answered , for there were two farms , on each of which two variolous sheep in the early stage of the malady , were removed from their ...
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... sheep . A hard colourless eminence is found upon a cow's teat , upon the centre of which , when about three days old , a concave vesicle appears , grad- ually increasing in size , when , on the sixth or seventh day , it presents a tense ...
... sheep . A hard colourless eminence is found upon a cow's teat , upon the centre of which , when about three days old , a concave vesicle appears , grad- ually increasing in size , when , on the sixth or seventh day , it presents a tense ...
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