Foot and Limb Troubles. 



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Thoroughpins are rarely absent when bog spavin exists, 

 and are due to the pressure of the fluid constituting the 

 bog spavin on the bursae of the perforans tendon, which 



is thus pushed out of place. 

 This lesion appears as a 

 swelling at the back part of 

 the hind leg, just above 

 the point of the hock and 

 in front of the hamstring, 

 it can be pressed from side 

 to side with the finger, the 

 treatment is the same as for 

 bog spavin. In draft stal- 

 lions may be due to a sprain 

 of the tendons, a serious 

 condition. 



Curb is an enlargement (a 

 bowingout) at the back part 

 of the hock, about six to 

 eight inches below its point, 

 usually it is described as a 

 sprain of the ligaments at the 

 back of thehock, quite often 

 the bones of the part are 

 affected also, the enlargement being due in many cases 

 to pushing outward of the ligament by the inflamed bone. 

 To detect the enlargement it is often necessary to stand 

 to one side of the hock and then to the other so as to see 

 the back line of the leg in profile. The causes of this 

 trouble are many, jumping and slipping, going up steep 

 inclines, and more especially conformation, the result of 



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c a curb. 



