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 Big Shouxdkr.— Aggravated Swinney. (See preceding paragraph.) 87 



SWINNBY OF THE HiP 88 



Slipped oe Broken Hip 88 



Bone Spavin.— Enlargement upon the inside of the hock, just below the 

 joint 89 



Enlarged Hock 93 



Broken Hock....; .-. - 94 



Ring-bone. — Bony enlargement around the lower joint of the hock where the 

 hoof and hide join. Ring-bone in its worst form becomes club-foot 94 



Stifle. — Swelling at the stifle-joint, producing lameness... 95 



Splint. — Enlargement of the inner splinUbone, like Spavin 96 



Broken Knkbs 97 



Swat Back 98 



DISEASES OF THE FEET. 



(Page 100—117.) 



Ulceration op the Foot, or Navicular Joint Disease. — Occasional limping, 

 as if pricked by a nail; ulceration of Navicular bone, or else slow decay; hoof 

 shrinks; portions toward the back of the foot drawn together; bone enlarge^, 

 as in Spavin and Ring-bone; Navicular bone adheres to lower pastern and 

 coffin-bone, the three finally uniting and swelling inordinately .^ 100 



Cracked Hoof « 104 



HooF-ROT. — Tenderness of foot; dry, chalky-looking substance formed in 

 bottom of foot; frog, diminished in size; ankle-joint, swollen; step, short and 

 limping 107 



Corns 109 



Contraction of Hoof, or Narrow Heel Ill 



Injuries of the Frog .' 112 



Founder. — Restlessness and firequent shifbings of the fore-feet; pulse, quick 



