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to raise the points of those projections and give 

 the foot a rolling motion backwards. The feet 

 are very soft for a few days, but generally about 

 the third or fourth day, the hoof is hard enough 

 to hold the nails. 



In a few cases where the joints were weak, I 

 have had to put on a plaster cast for a few days 

 to stiffen the joints enough so the animal could 

 get in the habit of using its feet. 



When the carpus is affected, tenotomy of the 

 metacarpi medius and the perforans tendons has 

 to be performed. 



