SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



general enlargement of the whole of the 

 tarsus. 



The fore limb should be held up, and 

 the hocks compared for the presence or 

 absence of bone spavin. 



It is not a bad plan to measure their 

 girth over the seat of this exostosis. 



Any difference in size should be taken 

 into account when w^eighing up the 

 results -of the examination. The so- 

 called " blood-spavin " is not an un- 

 soundness (a prominent part of the 

 vena-saphena), and how in the name of 

 all that is rational any veterinary sur- 

 geon can reject a horse for such a thing 

 is more than the author's intelligence 

 enables him to comprehend. 



The term " occult spavin " is applied 

 to hock lameness, arising out of an 

 inflammatory (ostititis and persostitis) 

 action going on between the tarsal 

 bones. " Incipient " to a commencing 

 spavin. Bog spavin is applicable to 



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