Chapter III. 



COMMON DEFECTS : HOW TO RECOGNISE 

 AND TREAT THEM. 



CUIIB is situated some four or five inches below the 

 point of the hock. If you stand facing the outside of 

 the horse's hind leg you'll observe that, instead of the 

 line from the point of the hock downwards being straight, 

 there is a marked protuberance in the region referred 

 tc. It is caused by a sprain of one or other of the 

 ligaments, and once there, although the lameness which 

 originally resulted may never recur, the blemish always 

 remains. Curb is treated by blistering (biniodide of 

 mercury one part, lard seven parts), or in the more 

 severe cases by firing. It is evidence of weakness of the 

 hock. 



CAPPED HOCK may be detected in the same way 

 as curb. It is a swelling on the point of the hock, and 

 is usually the result of kicking or a blow. It is hardly 

 an unsoundness, but it is unsightly, and extremely 

 difficult to reduce if any delay occurs before treatment, 

 which consists of fomentations, followed by vigorous 

 and frequent hand rubbing and the application of arnica. 

 In a dav or two iodine may be painted on. 



