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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... sound price . Holland imported last year— From Hanover Russia " " Belgium Great Britain " " " 2 Japan 6055 head of cattle . 6908 do . do . 1827 do . do . 16 do . do . 6 do . do . A considerable number of these passed through Friesland ...
... sound price . Holland imported last year— From Hanover Russia " " Belgium Great Britain " " " 2 Japan 6055 head of cattle . 6908 do . do . 1827 do . do . 16 do . do . 6 do . do . A considerable number of these passed through Friesland ...
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... sound lands on which the rotten 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 ...
... sound lands on which the rotten 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 ...
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... sound stock , to enable him to pay his rent ; for the disease was so prevalent that he could not live were he to submit his cattle to destruction without some payment for it . Some one might ask why did not the Corporation prevent this ...
... sound stock , to enable him to pay his rent ; for the disease was so prevalent that he could not live were he to submit his cattle to destruction without some payment for it . Some one might ask why did not the Corporation prevent this ...
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... sound from the unsound in the earliest stage , and the destruction of the latter . He would impress on them the importance of the subject , and the necessity for inquiry , which must be the prelude to the adoption of vigorous measures ...
... sound from the unsound in the earliest stage , and the destruction of the latter . He would impress on them the importance of the subject , and the necessity for inquiry , which must be the prelude to the adoption of vigorous measures ...
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... 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 gentleman of great experience , that the foreign sheep bought up by butchers and grazed ...
... 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 gentleman of great experience , that the foreign sheep bought up by butchers and grazed ...
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