SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



the animal suffers any inconvenience 

 must be the guide. 



Injuries to the Alar Cartilages. — 



Defective respiration may be produced, 

 the result of stenosis. 



2.— ORAL REGION. 



Irregularity of the Incisors. — 



In the congenital defects, the so-called 

 " parrot mouth," in which the upper 

 incisors project beyond and lap over the 

 lower ones — and in " reversed parrot 

 mouth," — the converse, it is advisable 

 when offered for examination, to point 

 out the disadvantages to the intending 

 buyer. 



Deficiency in numberof Incisors. — 

 In rare instances — one of which we 

 recently saw — the normal number may 

 be deficient, reduced to four in the lower 

 jaw, with a corresponding number in the 

 upper. If so, it is unimportant, though 



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