SEEDY-TOE. 



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by the shoeing smith. The cavity is partly filled with a soft, dry, 

 cheesy material, whicli crumbles away on being rubbed between 

 the fingers. 



It is possible that seedy-toe may be brought on by long-con- 

 tinued strain on the feet whicli was not suflicient to produce actual 

 laminitis ; altliough it might have given i-ise to perverted secretion 

 by the sensitive lamin;e, so that separation occurred between thesi; 

 sti'uctures and the wall, on account of their connectinL'' material 



Kig. 64. — Flcalih)" ring of lioi'n. 



liaving lost its adhesive character. I have thought, in two or three 

 well-rnarked cases, that the disease was due to the habit the animal 

 had acquired of never lying down. The chief cause of this ailment 

 was supjiosed to be pressure of the clip of the shoe. 



The existence of seedy-toe is readily seen on removing the shoes. 

 Sometimes, the wall at the centre of the toe cracks, making a 

 vertical fissure ; and tliei-e is frequently a depression a little below 

 (he centre of the front part of the hoof, when viewed in ]jrofile. If 

 the part of the wall wljich covers the cavity be tajjped, it will emit 

 a hollow sound. 



