TREATMENT OF LOOSE WALL AND SEEDY TOE. 375 



The presence of seedy toe may be suspected when a portion 

 of the wall appears either prominent or hollow, and gives forth 

 a hollow sound on being struck. To confirm the diagnosis the 

 shoe must be removed. The white line is then seen to be 

 replaced by a narrow slit, which, however, in no way indicates 

 the extent of the disease. The division between the two por- 

 tions of the wall extends further upwards than in loose wall, 

 in many cases as far as the coronet. The space is usually 

 filled with degenerated horn. The width of the diseased part 

 may at times be very considerable. Moller states that it 

 varies from -|- inch to 4 inches. 



Seedy toe is generally painless, but lameness is caused when 

 weight is thrown on the diseased portion of wall and when the 

 •animal is worked at a fast pace. 



The cause is stated by Moller to be an interruption in the 

 formation of horn. In fact, there is considerable diversity of 

 opinion on this point, but tentatively seedy toe may be con- 

 sidered as possibly due to the action of some fungus-like 

 organism which obtains entrance to the inner sheath of the 

 wall and induces change in the horn. A cure requires con- 

 siderable time. 



In sJioeing, the diseased portion of wall should always be 

 relieved of weight. The cavity should be cleared out and, 

 after dressing with pure carbolic acid, filled with tow and tar, 

 turpentine, or wax. "When the disease is more extensive a 

 bar shoe should be applied and the nails omitted at the 

 diseased spot. 



The radical method of dealing with seedy toe is to remove 

 all separated and disintegrated horn, thoroughly disinfect the 

 parts with pure carbolic acid, apply a bar shoe and blister the 

 coronet. This, of course, necessitates a long rest. 



4. TlIKUSH 



is characterised by the presence in the cleft of the frog of an 

 ill-smelling, blackish fluid, and by the frog itself being ragged 

 or atrophied. The disease usually begins in the central furrow 

 of the frog and extends thence to the other portions, which it 

 destroys partly or even entirely. The products of decomposi- 

 tion irritate the sensitive parts and cause tenderness if not 



