. Diseases & disorders of the horse : a treatise on equine medicine and surgery. Horses; Horses -- Diseases; Horse Diseases. U7 and bran mashes. During this time, the edges, of the crack should be carefully pared, so as to allow of the escape of all irritating mud, and foul matter. When this is washed .away, the inflamed sensitive tissue beneath may become visible. It will be advisable to have the foot poulticed for a day or two after this operation. When by these measures the inflammation and consequent pain have in a few days subsided, it is our object to promote the growth of new health
. Diseases & disorders of the horse : a treatise on equine medicine and surgery. Horses; Horses -- Diseases; Horse Diseases. U7 and bran mashes. During this time, the edges, of the crack should be carefully pared, so as to allow of the escape of all irritating mud, and foul matter. When this is washed .away, the inflamed sensitive tissue beneath may become visible. It will be advisable to have the foot poulticed for a day or two after this operation. When by these measures the inflammation and consequent pain have in a few days subsided, it is our object to promote the growth of new healthy horn to fill up the crack from beneath ; forthe edges of the wound cannot become structurally united. Bar-shoes of a fair thickness may now be applied, and care must be taken to remove pressure from that part of the foot, immediately to the fissure. When the crack extends as high as the coronet, it is customary to pare away a groove between the upper end of the fissure and the coronet, so as to divide the fissured horn from the substance which forms the new horn. A leathern strap or tarred twine may now be applied tightly round the hoof if necessary, or a clasp may be used. There are two operations which may be performed for the cure of sandcrack. The first, only performed in very bad cases of long standing, is applicable when the cracks extend as high as the coronet. It is termed the stripping method, and consists in making two grooves, each beginning at the coronet about half an inch to an inch on either side of the upper end of the fissure, and joining together at the other extremity of the fissure at an angle of about -jd". The whole of the horn enclosed within this V-shaped area is then stripped off. and the part exposed is protected by the application of a strap. €</.^. In those cases where the fissure extends below the junction of the grooves, the horn may be pared away below it also. The animal must now be rested until the gap is filled with newly s
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