. Beginnings in animal husbandry. Livestock; Poultry. THE POINTS OF THE HORSE 155 Splint is a bony projection or roughness usually found on the inside of the spHnt bone, which hes close in with the cannon bone of the front leg, and is commonly regarded as the cannon. This is not considered a distinct unsoundness, although very common and referred to quite frequently. Sphnts sometimes appear on young horses and then disappear with the mature development of the animals. Splints may be easily seen while standing in front and looking at the inside of the legs. Quarter-crack is a spHtting or cracki
. Beginnings in animal husbandry. Livestock; Poultry. THE POINTS OF THE HORSE 155 Splint is a bony projection or roughness usually found on the inside of the spHnt bone, which hes close in with the cannon bone of the front leg, and is commonly regarded as the cannon. This is not considered a distinct unsoundness, although very common and referred to quite frequently. Sphnts sometimes appear on young horses and then disappear with the mature development of the animals. Splints may be easily seen while standing in front and looking at the inside of the legs. Quarter-crack is a spHtting or cracking of the bony part of the hoof, usually of the front foot. This crack may extend the entire length of the hoof, and be so bad as to require fastening the parts with metal clamps or nails to , ' keep the cracks from extend- 4 ing or widening. Horses with W \ brittle or soft hoofs are most { 5 affected with this trouble. X:.__ ' Quarter-crack may develop so ~ „ . , 1 J1 1 i 1 ^is- ^5. Quarter crack. Repro- lar as to break through the duced from "Diseases of the Horse," I , r ,1 n . , U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. lower part of the foot and cause serious injury and lameness. Toe-crack is similar to quarter-crack, but is usually on the hind foot, in the front part, and often extends the length of the hoof. Founder, or laminitis, as the veterinarian calls it, is an unsoundness of the feet. It is due to an infiammation of the delicate tissues within the hoof, and is usually found in the front feet. It is caused by a variety of conditions, such as overwork, overfeeding, exposure, etc. If well established it is incurable and causes the horse much suffering. The common symptom of this trouble is lameness, which is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-193
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