274 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AUTD COMFLETE STOCK DOCTOE. 



peculiar conforniatioii or from disease of the coffin joint, causing ii bulg- 

 ing of the hoof in the front part of the foot. 



36 — Quarter crack; a split in the fibers of the hoof from faulty nu- 

 trition of the part, allowing it to become brittle. 



37 — Indurated enlargement of the knees^ from sprains or bruises. 



38 — Stilt foot, from disease of the foot around the heels or quarters. 



39 — Contracted hoof, either from disease or disuse. 



40 — Mud fever (Erythema); inflammation in the skin from exposure 

 to ice water and mud. There is swelling of the leg, scabby condition of 

 the skin, and the hair falls out. 



41 — Mallenders; inflammation of the skin in the flexure of the knee ; 

 the skin becomes dry and hard, with transverse fissures, and the knee 

 is chronically enlarged. 



42 — Shoe boil; a tumor caused by lying on the shoe. 



43 — Navel rupture; the intestines protrude through the unclosed navel 

 opening, l»eing held in only by the skin. 



44 — Inguinal hernia ; the intestines pass down through the abdominal 

 rings and inguinal canal, and, in stallions, into the scrotum. 



45 — Flank (or ventral) hernia; the abdominal wall having been rup- 

 tured, the bowels protrude through it, being retained only by the skin 



46 — Stifle lameness, from a sprain, kick, puncture or other wound. 

 If dislocation of the patella occurs, the horse is said to be stifled. 



47 — Farcy buds; enlarged (sometimes ulcerated) lymphatic glands. 



48 — Bog spavin; distension of the synovial bursa, with lameness. 



49 — Sallenders; a skin disease in the flexure of the hock joint; the 

 same disease in the flexure of the knee is called mallenders. 



50 — Bone Spavin ; a disease affecting the bones of the hock joint, and 

 generally accompanied by ,'i bony tumor on some part of the joint. 



51 — Bursal enlargement of fetlock, in front; a soft, puffy swelling. 



52 — Hoof with rings, indicating previous fever, usually laminitis. 



53 — Sand crack; same as quarter crack, but comes in front, 



54 — Flat foot. The bones and hoof are flat and large, being the op- 

 posite of the straight, upright foot. 



55 — Quittor; a running sore or fistula of the quarter, the opening be- 

 ing above the coronet, and the sinus running downward, inside the hoof. 



56 — Grease heel; a deep-seated skin disease, with an offensive dis- 

 charge ; due to humor in the blood, and aggravated by filth and neglect. 



57 — Big leg, from neglected disease of the limb. 



58 — Wind galls; soft, puffy swellings that appear to be filled with 

 air, but, really, with synovia or joint oil. 



59 — Blood spavin ; a distension of the vein at the hock from pressure 

 upcii it by a bony tumor. 



