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Title: Surgical diseases of the dog and cat, with chapters on anaesthetics and obstetrics (second edition of 'Canine and feline surgery')
Identifier: cu31924001128630 (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Hobday, Frederick Thomas George, Sir, 1870-1939
Subjects: Dogs; Cats
Publisher: Chicago, W. T. Keener & Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY o A foster-mother, too, should alwa^-s be carefully inspected for mange, distemper, or other contagious disease before being admitted into a kennel where there are valuable dogs. Neglect of this precaution has on numerous occasions intro- duced disease and caused most terrible losses. It should not be for- gotten that a cat will often bring up puppies, and that they make the very best of foster-mothers for the small and toy breeds of dogs. Having obtained the foster-mother, the next thing to be done is to get her to take to the off- "k^,^ ^^^^^^^H s spring, and to do this she K, ^^^^^^^H '^ should be fed, made as ~ comfortable as possible, and allowed to settle down quietly if she has come from a distance, the new puppies or kittens being placed with her for the first time at night amongst her own, several of whom it is wiser to keep. The puppies or kittens for two or three hours after birth need warmth even more than food. It is the custom with some well-known breeders always to remove the pups as they are born, to dry them and place them in flannel in a basket in front of a
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