FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL HOOF DISEASES. 



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occasionally sees a beudiug in of that part of Ihe hoof lying 

 between the clenches of the nails and the bearing surface of 

 the hoof. It is advisable to consider this concavity of the 

 wall in examining animals for hoof lameness, it being the 

 only visible indication of this condition as long as the shoe 

 is left on the hoof. 



Palpation. — After the shoe has been removed, one or 

 more dark streaks on one or both sides of the sole of unequal 



Fig. 28. 

 1, Loose wall ; 2 and 3, hollow wall. 



length are seen, and when cleansed a lougish cavity in the 

 white line, which, as further examination shows, extends 

 into, or close to, the sensitive sole, is founds 



11.— Seedy Toe. 



Inspection. — This condition, following chronic changes in 

 the laminae, results in formation of a cavity between the 

 sensitive and horny lamiiife. Lameness is generally want- 

 ing, but the superficial or even parenchymatous inflammation 

 of the podophyllous membrane, which may follow seedy toe 



