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Show Dental Examination For Wintering Animals Is Urged Now i a good time fur farmers to have a dental check-up for their livestock, while animals are being prepared for winter quarters quar-ters an dwinter rations, the American Foundation for Animal Health suggested today. "Like human beings, animals need Iheir teeth examined occasionally oc-casionally if the rest of their bodily functions are to perform efficiently," a Foundation spokesman spokes-man said, "Quantity and quality of rations are important but it is equally vital for the animal to chew and shred this food so it can be digested properly," the Foundation added. Dental troubles in meat-producing animals are of three principal prin-cipal types, the Foundation pointer! point-er! out. They include difficulties associated with erupting or shedding shed-ding of teeth; injuries sustained from biting on hard objects; and anatomical irregularities, such as misshaped jaws, unopposed teeth and more teeth than it is normal for an animal to have. Symptoms of dental difficulties difficul-ties include frequent drooling; slow, deliberate chewing, indicating indicat-ing pain; and sudden drawing back from cold water while drinking. "It should take a veterinarian but a sh rt time to go over the teeth of animals being placed in winter quarters," Foundation authorities au-thorities said. "Such a checkup can rri'vn better eating, better digestion, and better health for the animals all through the winter." |