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PRATTS POINTERS ON THE HORSE 



when it is in the fore feet. When one fore foot is 

 injured, the head and body drop or slightly sink when 

 the sound one touches the ground. When one hind foot 

 is injured, the head of the horse will be raised when the 

 sound foot touches the ground ; while the hind portion 

 of the body drops on that side. Pratts Veterinary Lini- 

 ment will quickly relieve. 



HOWTO DETECT 



LAMENESS IN 



THE HIP-JOINTS 



This joint is 

 sometimes ul- 

 cerated, and the 

 symptoms resemble occult spa- 

 vin, with the addition that the 

 diseased leg is caught up from ^,^^ 

 the ground more sharply. The lameness in hip-joint. 

 best way to test is to place something soft over the joint 

 and rap it sharply with a mallet. A sharp response may 

 be looked for. It is incurable. The horse is worthless. 



HOW TO 

 DETECT LAME- 

 NESS IN THE 

 SHOULDER 



Sometimes the shoulder is ulcerated. 



The trouble generally arises in a muscle 



at the shoulder-joint. In this case the 



horse will not advance or bend the leg at the shoulder- 

 joint or elbow ; drags the leg and never lifts the toe from 

 the ground. An old test is to lead the horse up to a log, 



