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DISEASES OF THE CLAWS IN CATTLE AND SHEEP. 
with a tampon soaked in tar, and a dressing extending above the fetlock- 
joint applied over all. The turns of the bandage are sewn together to 
keep the whole firm, and plenty of tar applied. This dressing is left in 
position for eight to ten days. On renewing it, good granulations are 
generally discovered without suppuration having occurred. Recovery 
Fig. 315.— Disarticulation of the ox’s claw, 
ligament; C, external lateral ligament; 
tendon ; Gr, plantar cushion. 
A, Extensor pedis tendon ; B, internal lateral 
D, os coronas; E, navicular bone; F, perforans 
takes four to six weeks, the stump being covered by horn, secreted partly 
by the remaining portions of the coronary band, but chiefly by the bulbs 
of the heel. This growth is so perfect that animals may even be again 
turned out to grass. 
After extensive necrosis of the os corona;, or purulent inflammation of 
the coronet-joint, it may be necessary to remove the coronet bone along 
with the lower end of the os suffraginis. The animal is fastened as 
