Lameness and Founder. 197 



( Founder, seedy toe, sand 



Foot brought down heel j crack, ring bone, stifle joint 



first. I lameness, inflammation of 



I carpus, or os pedis. 



Little or no lameness at r 



£ , , , . 1 ) bplmt, sore shins, side 



first, but increased on mo- \ t c^ ^ . . 



, . I bones, disease of knee joint. 



\r , , , ( Navicular disease, or 2:roo^- 



JMore or less lameness at ) . , ^ © o 



n ^ ^^ . . ^ . , • K gincss, weecl, corns, rheuma- 



nrst, diminisiiinp: on motion. J . 



^ * I tism. 



Little, or no lameness in r o • i i • i i / 



, . 1 , , , 1 , 1 I btrinp-halt, strained back, 



a straight trot, but observ- ^ , . . ' 



11 J- • 1 1 shivering, 



able on turning sharply. I ° 



INFLAMMATION OF THE FEET— LAMINITIS—FOTTNDEIl— FEVER IN 



THE FEET. 



Definition. — An inflammation of the sensitive portions of 

 the foot, including, at times, the laminae, the sole and the 

 foot bone. 



Causes. — The causes of founder are numerous, and it is 

 no|; surprising that it is one of the most common sources of 

 lameness. It may arise from over exertion, from gallop- 

 ing, or trotting on hard roads, from excessive feeding, 

 from drinking too much cold water when heated, from a 

 sudden chill, from having to stand a long time in rail- 

 road cars, or on ships, and from a transfer of an inflamma- 

 tion from some other part of the body. Horses with 

 heavy bodies and slim legs, and those which are very fat, 

 are more liable to it than others; and animals which have 

 been taken from country roads and put to work on hard 

 paved streets, very frequently suffer from an attack. 



. Symptoms. — The inflammation is usually confined to one 

 • or ;,both fore feet. He stands with the hind legs drawn up 



