DISEASES OF HORSES 



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Throat sore; high fever; constipation; weakness; poor appetite; head hangs; 



watery discharge from lining of nose ; eyes become very red with a 



thick discharge. Pink Eye, Page 171. 

 Throat swollen; some fever; coughing; water runs out through the nose while 



drinking; swallowing difficult. Sore Throat, Page 175. 

 Tongue swollen sometimes; mouth inflamed; discharge of saliva; sometimes 



frothy ; eating difficult. Sore Mouth, Page 96. 



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Bony Structure of the Horse. 



Lower jaw. Z. 



Head. a. 



Atlas. b. 



Axis. . c. 



The remaining five cervical vertebrae. d. 



Spinous processes of the back and withers. e. 



Lumbar vertebrae. f- 



Sacrum. 



Tail bones. 2. 



Shoulder blade. 4. 



Arm bone. 5. 



Bones of the fore arm. 6. 



Large cannon bone. 9. 



Knee bones. 11- 



Small cannon bone. 



Lower pastern bone. 



Sesamoid bones. 14. 



Pastern bone. 



Coffin bone. 



Ribs. 



Pelvis. 



Thigh bone (femur). 



Stifle bone (patella). 



Leg bones (tibia and fibula). 



Hock bone (tarsal). 



Large cannon bone (metatarsal). 



Upper pastern bone. 



Sesamoid bones. 



Lower pastern bone. 



Coffin bone. 



Neck ligaments (ligamentum nuchas). 



Cranium. 



Orbital cavity. 



Incisor teeth. 



Molar teeth. 



Shoulder joint. 



Cartilage of prolongation. 



Rib cartilages. 



Elbow bone (ulna). 



Point of hip. 



Point of croup. 



Ischiurn. 



Hip joint. 



Stifle joint. 



Stifle bone. 



Calcaneum. 



Cuboid. 



