. The principles and practice of judging live-stock . Livestock. Fig. is. — Leg showing curb. corresponding joints or regions in the two legs. Many normal but rough joints may be suspected until it is de- termined that both hocks or all four pas- tern joints, as the case may be, are symmetrical. Any deviation in the nor- mal outline of the joint or bone that is not duplicated should be carefully investi- gated. This rule does not always hold, however, as two spavins or more than one ringbone may manifest themselves at the same time. The sidebone may present no enlargement or alteration in form
. The principles and practice of judging live-stock . Livestock. Fig. is. — Leg showing curb. corresponding joints or regions in the two legs. Many normal but rough joints may be suspected until it is de- termined that both hocks or all four pas- tern joints, as the case may be, are symmetrical. Any deviation in the nor- mal outline of the joint or bone that is not duplicated should be carefully investi- gated. This rule does not always hold, however, as two spavins or more than one ringbone may manifest themselves at the same time. The sidebone may present no enlargement or alteration in form what- ever, the lateral cartilage, normally elastic and springing upon pres- sure, simply becoming hard and unyielding as a result of the ossification. Ligaments are differentiated from ten- dons by the fact that they unite bone to bone, while the tendon unites muscle to bone. The ligaments most likely to become the seat of an unsoundness are the great suspensory ligament, which sustains the fetlock joint, on the same principle as a truss under a box car, the ligamentous structure at the back of the fetlock joint with which the sus- pensory ligament is related and the curb ligament at the back of the hock (Fig. 15). Rupture of this suspensory ligament is the " breaking down " of the race horse. The tendons most commonly involved are the flexor tendons of the foreleg. If contracted, they cause cocked ankles and. Fig. 16. showing hock. — Leg capped Digitized by Microsoft®. 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 Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. New York : Macmillan
Size: 1013px × 2467px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectlivesto, bookyear1914
