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NON-SPECIFIC OR GENERAL DISEASES 



of weight, the result of unskilled shoeing, or any other condition 

 that may cause the foot to become unbalanced, using the foot 

 rasp too freely, and such diseases as quitter, corns and con- 

 tracted quarters subject the animal to this form of unsoundness. 

 Any injury to the coronary cushion that secretes the fibres of the 

 horny wall may result in either toe- or quarter-crack. Treads and 

 barb-wire cuts are common injuries to the region of the coronet. 

 The preventive treatment consists in preserving a healthy 

 condition of the horn by giving the foot the necessary care and 

 attention in the way of proper trimming and shoeing, and pro- 



FlG. 41. — (A) Toc-craoks. 



Fig. 42.— Quarter-rr?ck caused by barb- 

 wire cut. 



viding it with the necessary moisture by means of foot-baths, 

 wet clay and poultices. Quarter-cracks respond to treatment 

 more quickly than toe-cracks. The treatment is practically the 

 same for both. This consists in preventing motion in the margins 

 of the fissure so far as possible. 



The treatme7it for fissures in the region of the toe and quarter 

 is as follows: The wall should be cut away along the margins 

 of the crack until it is quite thin; and extra nail holes should 

 1)0 made in the shoe, and a nail driven into the bearing margin 

 of the wall a little to each side of the fissure. The wall at the 

 toe should be shortened and the toe of the shoe rolled if the 

 animal's work permits the use of this kind of a shoe. 



