Diseases of the Feet and Limbs 



E. Diseases of the Feet and Limbs 



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Breeding bulls and, to a lesser degree, cows which are 

 kept constantly stabled tend to become disabled owing to 

 the fact that the growth of the hoofs is not counterbalanced 

 by the normal wear of travel. The margins of the lateral 

 and median walls tend to converge and, as they become elon- 

 gated, to bend beneath, the soles, approaching each other as 



Fig. 59 —Overgrown Hoofs interfering with Coitus. Bull. 

 S, Sole, which has been largely overgrown by the wall, IV, growing for- 

 ward from the heel. /, A shallow groove showing approximately the 

 normal location of the margin of the wall. 



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