This book comprises a comprehensive guide to various contagious and infectious diseases of live stock, with information for farmers on the symptoms and treatments of diseases. Complete with concise, clear instructions, helpful tips, and a plethora of handy illustrations, this timeless text contains much in the way of information useful to the farmer, and constitutes an invaluable addition to collections of practical agricultural literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Glanders and Farcy', 'Anthrax', 'Charbon', 'Blackleg', 'Directions for Using Blackleg Vaccine', 'Rabies', 'Hydrophobia', 'Southern Cattle Fever', 'Contagious Abortion', 'Foot-and-mouth Disease', 'Tuberculosis', 'Cowpox', 'Dog Distemper', 'Hog Cholera and Swine Plague', etcetera. We are proudly republishing this antique book now complete with a new introduction on farming.