. The diseases of animals; a book of brief and popular advice on the care and the common ailments of farm animals. Veterinary medicine; Domestic animals. 232 The Diseases of Animals seriously and permanently lame. In a majority of eases, spavins can be treated successfully, the lameness will disappear, and the horse can perform ordinary labor with little, if any, inconvenience. Occult spavins, when there is no visible bony bunch, are difficult to remedy. After the joint is well knit together and the lameness disappears, the exostosis, or bunch, will usually be absorbed and disappear. A light b
. The diseases of animals; a book of brief and popular advice on the care and the common ailments of farm animals. Veterinary medicine; Domestic animals. 232 The Diseases of Animals seriously and permanently lame. In a majority of eases, spavins can be treated successfully, the lameness will disappear, and the horse can perform ordinary labor with little, if any, inconvenience. Occult spavins, when there is no visible bony bunch, are difficult to remedy. After the joint is well knit together and the lameness disappears, the exostosis, or bunch, will usually be absorbed and disappear. A light blister, rubbed on occasionally, will assist in remov- ing it. Bog-spavin is a very different dis- ease and is separately treated near the end of this Chapter (page 238). RING-BONE This name is applied to the same condition as a spavin, except that it occurs on the pastern-joint, rarely the coffin-joint, on any one of the four legs. There is inflammation of the joint, followed by exostosis, and Kg. 45. Ring-bone on bones ,, , 11' 1J1 • i. of the pastern-joint. usually by anchylosis, or welding to- gether of the large and small pastern-bones. In many cases there is no "ring" of bone around the joint, only a bony bunch at one or on both sides of the joint. Figs. 45 and 46. The predisposing causes of ring-bone are long, oblique or very short straight pasterns. There may be, also, an hereditary tendency to the disease. The exciting causes are practically the same as those of spavins,— sprains, injuries and concussion. Ring-bone. 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 Mayo, Nelson Slater, 1866-. New York, Macmillan; London, Macmillan
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