Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . is actually the case, would appear more often inthe fore legs than in the hind. We should not reject a horse because his pasterns are rough,that is, large and with prominent processes of bone for the attach-ment of tendon and ligament; as this is the best shape, alwayssupposing that both pasterns are the same. I have seen several cases of foals and yearlings having beentreated for ringbone; although their i)asterns and feet were freefrom disease. In these young animals, as explained by Moller, afalse appearance of rin
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . is actually the case, would appear more often inthe fore legs than in the hind. We should not reject a horse because his pasterns are rough,that is, large and with prominent processes of bone for the attach-ment of tendon and ligament; as this is the best shape, alwayssupposing that both pasterns are the same. I have seen several cases of foals and yearlings having beentreated for ringbone; although their i)asterns and feet were freefrom disease. In these young animals, as explained by Moller, afalse appearance of ringbone is often shown, on account of thecomparatively large size of the heads of the pastern bones, andthe incomplete development of the hoof. In the early stages of ringbone, a horse becomes lame beforeany deposit is formed or any swelling takes place; for, here, the RINGBONE. 251 cause of the pain is inflammation in the structure of the bone lame from this cause in a fore foot, the horse goes onthe heel. The fact that the condition of the hoof and the state. Fig. deposit on longpastern l^one. Fig. deposit on shortpastern bone. Fig. pastern bonefree frombony pastern bonefree frombony deposit. Fig 92. Extensive body deposit uniting long and short pastern bones. of the pulse and internal temperature are healthy, will show thatthe animal is not suffering from laminitis. Writing about ring-bones, Professor Williams remarks : — When at the sides they 252 DISEASES OF BONE. do not cause the same degree of lameness as when the front isinvolved. I have often observed in the lameness of ringbone, that the horselifts his foot off the ground in a peculiarly stiff manner, evidently,with the object of trying to bend the pastern joints as little aspossible. Ringbone must not be confounded mth sidebone (p. 276), whichis ossification of the lateral cartilages of the foot. TREATME(NT.—Although, to avoid a blemish, we may betempted to
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