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JUDGING FARM AXIMALS 



are raised but little from the ground. Almost always tlie 



hind legs are picked up higher than normally, the shoulders 



seem to be stiff, and the head is carried higher than usual. 



"Lameness behind may be noted by a dropping of the 



Fig. 110. — "To detect lameness, the examiner ought to observe the animal 

 at rest. In severe cases he may recognize that pain exists by the horse 

 pointing." (Photo by courtesy College Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State 

 University.) 



hip opposite to the one in which soreness exists when the 

 horse is trotted from the observer. 



"Should there be lameness in both hind legs the stride 

 is shortened and the gait awkward, the forelegs are not 

 advanced in front of the body and are raised higher than 

 usual, and the head is lowered. It is difficult or impossible 

 to back a horse lame in both hind legs. 



' ' Horses lame in both fore and hind legs show a waddling 

 gait behind that may be mistaken for loin or croup lame- 



