SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



any puffy condition of the hock — in- 

 flammatory, or non-inflammatory. 

 Flex the hock, keep it flexed for half a 

 minute, and then make the horse stand 

 over so as to throw sudden weight on to 

 the tested hock. 



A weak hock can often be detected 

 in this way. The hand glides down the 

 inner and front face of the metatarsus 

 until the fetlock is reached. In young 

 animals exostoses are not uncommon 

 here. Knuckling over is frequently met 

 with. Then over the pastern to the 

 coronet and hoof. 



Ringbone ; evidence of brushing ; 

 bruised fetlock (induration of skin), sand- 

 crack, or bruised coronet. The outer 

 and posterior surfaces from the os caicis 

 next require examining. 



Curb : chronic thickening of the back 

 tendons, or for evidence of tenotomy 

 found. 



Examine from below the fetlock on 



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