niREASES OF THE BONES, JOINTS, AND TEETH 



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Fig. 60. — Normal and diseased digital bones. The fetlock joint was 

 rendered immovable by the encroachment of the ring-bone. The lateral 

 cartilages have ossified into side bones. 



SPLINT 



is a form of exostosis appearing on the fore leg below the 

 knee. It results in an ankylosis between the cannon and sphnt 

 bones. It is found in aliout 70 per cent, of all adult horses; in 93 



