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In paring and dressing such a foot as shown here, the oper- 

 ation must be the reverse of that described in Fig. 34, that is 

 the height or depth of toe being excessive in this case, it must 

 be reduced as much as possible, and the heels left intact. The 

 shoe bearings then, thus obtained, being around the front part 

 of the shoe, use shoe Fig. 35, but nail around the toe instead of 

 at the heels. Or it may be necessary to resort to a bar shoe for 

 restoring the foot, but this will depend on the judgment of the 

 farrier. 



Seedy Toe. — Among 

 the complicated eflects 

 of chronic laminitis is 

 a peculiar dessication 

 of the hoof commonly 

 known as " Seedy Toe." 

 This condition is well 

 represented by the ap- 

 pearance of Fig. 39, in 

 which is also seen the 

 evidences of neglect in dressing and leveling the foot. In this 

 specimen the wall is twice its natural thickness on the side in 

 view, it will be noticed that it is also scarred and seamed with 

 rough ridges — due to irregular secretion of horn — while the heel 

 is abnormally high, the sole being fully IJ inches too thick, and 

 the toe turns up from an overgrow^th at least two inches too 

 long. Laminitis does not always involve the whole of the leafy 

 tissue — even in the present instance — the morbid process appears 

 to have destroyed only certain regions, where the leaves take on 

 a regular honey-combed appearance, while other portions pre- 

 sent a comparatively sound and healthy structure. But in most 

 cases it develops rapidly, and if unchecked, continues to spread 

 until the entire region is involved, with structural changes of 

 the most serious character. 



Fig. 39. specimen of seedy toe. 



