QUITTDK. 



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hoof, corrodes (p. 15) the soft structures Avith which it comes in 

 coutact, and gravitating downwards on being pressed either 

 forwards or backwards, gradually burrows one or more fistulre or 

 canals inside the wall of the hoof. Quittors are principally 

 confined to heavy drauglit horses; as these animals, from the 



F'g- 75' — Bar-shoe for foot with corns on both sides. 



nature of their shoeing and work, are much more liabile to injuries 

 which produce this affection than are those of lighter breeds. 

 Owing to wounds inflicted by the sharp calkins which are used 

 during frosty weather, quittor is most common in winter. 



TREATMENT. — The principles governing the treatment of a 

 quittor are those applicable to an abscess (p. 79) ; always 

 remembering that any dead or diseased structures existing in 



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