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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



Fig. 28. — Sideeone and Cracked Hoofs 



cause lameness. Splints may disappear from young draft 

 horses. 



Unsound fetlocks. — Examine these joints for puffs — 



wind galls — "interfer- 

 ing" sores, "knucklingf' 

 or "cocked" ankles , grease 

 heel and scratches. It 

 is on or near these 

 joints that horses are 

 occasionally "un- 

 nerved" — cutting the 

 nerves to prevent laine- 

 ness. Scars suggest this. 

 Sidebones. — T h e s e 

 are bony growths located 

 under the skin of the 

 coronet, at the quarters. They are due to the lateral car- 

 tilages at these parts changing to bone. Sidebones are 

 common in draft horses having wide, flat, low-heeled 

 hoofs. (Fig. 28.) 



Ringbones. — T h e s e are 

 bony bunches located on the 

 pasterns. There are two 

 forms, called high or low, 

 depending on the location. 

 (Fig. 29.) 



Scratches. — These painful 

 sores are located at the bot- 

 tom of the cannons, at the fet- 

 locks and on the pasterns. 



Quitter.- — This is a fistulous 

 abscess or running sore occur- 

 ring at the top of the 

 hoof or coronet, sometimes called "gravel." 



Cracked hoofs. — Closely examine the hoofs for quarter 

 cracks — cracks extending from the coronary band down- 

 ward ; for sand cracks — cracks extending from the bottom 



Fig. 29. — Ringbone 



