ROPE AND STRAW PADS. 



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If left on the feet they favour thrush, bruising of the sole, and 

 other mischief. 



These pads are contra-indicated when there is extensive 

 disease in the white line. They should then be replaced by 

 leather soles. They should never be used in the treatment of 

 diseases of the hoof, except under the advice of a veterinary 

 surgeon. Similar pads, provided on the ground surface with 

 a number of depressions and on the hoof surface with a layer 

 of spongy rubber, are made by Priest & Co., Oxford Street, W. 

 They are termed anti-concussion pads. 



5. liopE Pads (fixed) 



consist of a leather sole covered on the hoof surface with thick 

 felt and on the ground surface with a flat coil of rope arranged 

 to form a pad resembling Hartmann's. They are inserted in 

 the same way. On moist, greasy asphalt, wood, or stone 

 pavements these are more effectual against slipping than 

 Hartmann's, on account of their picking up sand and always 

 presenting a rough surface. They are not removed in the 

 stable. 



6. Straw Pads 



were invented by a German military veterinary surgeon, 

 Reinicke. They consist of straw plaited into a flat mass, corre- 



" Fig. 304.— Special shoe for straw or fibre pad. Fig. 305.— Upper surface of above shoe. 



spending in shape to the space enclosed by the shoe. The 

 shoe used with them is well seated out, and provided with 



