Excerpt from Dr. David Roberts Practical Home Veterinarian: A Book Containing Much Valuable Information on the Care and Treatment of Cattle, Horses, Swine, Sheep and Poultry, and a Review in Alphabetical Order of the Diseases to Which They Are Subject, Together With the Causes and Symptoms, and the Most Efficient Second, take the pulse of the animal, which can be found at the angle of the lower jaw bone, where it can be felt by pressing the artery against the bone. The normal beat of a cow's pulse is from 40 to 50 per minute, and that of a horse from 33 to 40 per minute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.