General Management in Disease 



usually caused by the animal striking the point of 

 the hip against the stable door-post. 



The injury is denoted by a flatness and, perhaps, 

 the broken piece of bone may be felt moving 

 about. 



Treatment must be left to the veterinary 

 surgeon. 



Hocks (Capped) 



Capped hock is common enough in the horse, 

 and may or may not constitute an unsoundness. 

 It is the result of a bruise, either continuous or 

 intermittent, and may be of sudden or gradual 

 onset. 



When capped hock has just been brought on it 

 is denoted by increased heat in the part ; with a 

 slight degree of swelling of the limb ; and horses 

 after transit by train, or on board ship, etc., are 

 sometimes found in this condition at the end of 

 the journey. 



The skin, bursa, or the bone, may be implicated 

 in capped hock. In most cases it is the skin, and 

 the cellular tissue beneath that is thickened, being 

 commonly produced by bruising the point of the 

 hock against the stall post. 



Some horses are night-kickers, but capped hock 

 may be produced through kicking in harness, and 

 likewise during lying or rising, bringing pressure 

 to bear upon the hock. 



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