DEFORMED 



298 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AN1> COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



The shoes will be worn off more at the heels, and when pointing them 

 he will extend the feet and rest them on the heel, turning the toes up 

 as much as possible, because the trouble nearly all lies in the toes. 



Horses with chronic founder will choose the soft parts 

 of the road, but will avoid the water and mud holes as 

 much as possible. In feeling of the feet you will notice 

 them very hot nearly all the time, and there will be 

 ^ rings on the hoofs, from uneven growth of horn. The 

 feet will very soon become much contracted and the 

 HOOF. hoofs brittle. 



^tin^ 'iXacu?e^''o; WHot to do.— You canuot do anything to cure it, but 

 chronic founder. j^. ^.^^^ ^iB allcviatcd by kccpiug the feet as cool and soft 



as possible with poultices, clay puddles and foot baths. 



In addition, rub a little fly blister around the coronets once a month, 

 and reset the shoes often. 



VIII. Pumiced Peat. 



Causes. — When the inflammation in the feet, from acute laminitis, is 

 neglected, or allowed to run on several days before the proper treatment 

 is applied, the connection between the sensible and insensible laminae, 

 or leaves, is destroyed by the effusion that accumulates between thejn 

 and soaks them apart, letting the toe of the bone tip on to the sole. , 

 pushing it down to the ground, or nearly so, and making the lower sur- 

 face convex instead of concave, as it should be. Sometimes the toe ot 

 the bone will be punched quite through. 



How to know it. — Take up the foot, and instead of seeing a nice, cup- 

 shaped sole, 3'ou will find it bulged down towards the ground, making it 

 oval the wrong way. If the bone is punching through, you will notice 

 it, and it will leave no doubt in your mind as to what it is. The horse 

 will be lame with all the characteristic symptoms of chronic founder. 



What to do. — Nothing can be done to cure it, but if it is not very bad, 

 careful shoeing, to keep all pressure off the sole, by means of a shoe, 

 well concaved on the bearing surface, will help to keep him on his feet; 

 then, by keeping the feet as cool as possible, he can be made serviceable for 

 easy work. 



When the toe of the bone pushes through, he is of no more use, and 

 might as well be destroyed, to mercifully put him out of his misery. 



