146 The Groo7?zs Guide 



Many good horses are spoiled throuoh 

 the want of skilful attendance in this and 

 other diseases. 



Spavin. 



A bone-spavin is an enlargement upon 

 the inner and lower portion of the hock- 

 joint, resulting from inflammation of the 

 bone and bone-skin, etc., in this region. 

 The deposit may be small or large, but the 

 size of such is no criterion as to the deo'ree 

 of lameness which may exist, in fact some 

 horses having a big spavin never show any 

 sions of lameness. 



On the other hand, a horse may have 

 a very trifling spavin, yet be always more 

 or less lame throuo^h it. 



Like 'splint' lameness, it Is constantly 

 present during the time when the spavin 

 is forming, hence the necessity of timely 

 professional assistance. 



