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DISEASES OF THE FEET. 



the sensitive parts become exposed; or if pastured on moor- 

 lands, or soft parks, the wall grows too long, the sole, changed 

 by moisture, affords but an imperfect protection to the sensitive 

 structure within, permits the penetration of dirt, and occasion- 

 ally, as stated by Professor Dick, the toe of one or both claws may 

 bend upon the sole, and thus become a source of pain and inflam- 

 mation. Fungoid growths appear on the exposed surfaces, the 

 lameness increases, and there is loss of condition, as. in ^the.other 

 fbrmlofitheldisease. 



1*10: tiS-— Confirmed.atagQ, fiLthe first form of foot-ro^ 



The second and.by far^^moreT'common form of foot-rot is ex- 

 pressed by inflammation and'swe]ling of the inter-digital tissues, 

 with affirst but little visible alteration intherconditionof the homy 



2Fio. 78 shows the conditiou of internal w&U ofi 

 dig^t in an early stage of the disease.' 



sole, but the inflamed inter-digital structures soon suppurate, and 

 discharge a foitid ichorous fluid, whicli burrows undsr the horn of 



