SIDEBONES. 



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leg either outwards or inwards, as the case may be, so as to relieve 

 the affected side. 



The pain in cases of sidebone is due to the soft tissues being 





Fig. 1 08. — Pedal bones with ossified lateral cartilages (sidebones). 



compressed between the newly formed bone and the hoof. Not 

 only does the ossified cartilage refuse to accommodate itself to 



Fig. 109. — Pedal bone of near fore foot, with 

 the outer lateral cartilage ossified, and 

 the inner one removed. 



the movements of the neighbouring soft structures; but it is also 

 larger in size than it was before the bony change took place. 



GRAVITY. — Sidebones in the hind feet seldom cause lameness ; 

 and in young horses they are much more serious than in mature 



