LIVE STOCK. 



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suk because of a joint becoming in- 

 volved. 



Sidebones 



Are found just above the hoof at the 

 side near the heel and almost invar- 

 iably on the front feet, they are not 

 so serious as spavin or ring-bone. Often 

 no pronounced lameness is noticed, 

 but only a stiffness of gait. A horse 

 may have those blemishes, and if it 

 be a useful animal at any ordinary 

 work. They are serious in a horse that 



troublesome lameness will result. A 

 horse with a splint is unsound, even 

 though not going lame. 



Bog Spavin. 

 Is a soft, pufty, enlargement on the 

 inside of the hock. It is not so ser- 

 ious as bone spavin, and as a rule does 

 not interfere with the usefulness of an 

 animal. 



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SIDE VIEW OF FRONT LEGS. 

 Vertical line from point of shoulder. 



has to go on hard roads or paveinents, 

 but for the ordinary work of a farm 

 cause little or no trouble. Horses that 

 have naturally good, strong feet are 

 not very liable to suffer from side 

 bones, while the weak footed horse is 

 very much predisposed to the trouble. 



Splints 



Are boney enlargements on the can- 

 non bone of the front legs. They are 

 considered by many as a minor form 

 of unsoundness. ITsually they cause 

 little or no trouble, the animal per- 

 forming his work without showing any 

 lameness. At times, however, es- 

 pecially when the enlargement is close 

 up to the knee joint, more or less 



Thorough-pin 

 Is practically an aggravated form of 

 bog spavin, the enlargement passing 

 right through the hock joint and form- 

 ing a puffy* enlargement on the outside 

 of the hock opposite the spavin. 



Curb. 



A curb consists of a sprain of a liga- 

 ment on the back border of the hock 

 forming an enlargement which can be 

 readily detected by looking at the limb 

 from the side which will present a 

 rounded or bowed formation on the 

 iwsterior border of the joint. WhOe 

 the lameness caused by a curb yields 

 readily to treatment the enlargement 

 can seldom be removed. 



SIDE VIEW OF HIND LEGS. 



Vertical line down from hip joint should fall upon centre of foot and divide the 



gaskin in the middle. Vertical line from point, of foot should coincide with angle 



of hock and pastern Joints. A only shows correct formation. 



