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DEFORMITIES AND DISEASES OF THE HOOF. 



heels about -|- inch. The animal's own weight is the expanding 

 power. It produces its effect slowly but surely. In uni- 



FlG. 335.— Shoe for expanding the hoof, a shows the point where the bar-clips should come. 



lateral contraction the bearing surface of the clip only inclines 

 outwards on the affected side. Shoes with bar-clips should 



Fig. 33().— Einsiedel's shoe, seen from behind. 



not be used when the heels are very low and when the lateral 

 clefts of the frog are correspondingly shallow. 



Other special shoes for promoting expansion of the foot are 

 •described in the next two pages. 



