. The clinical diagnosis of lameness in the horse. Horses. FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL HOOF DISEASES. 147 cartilage is ossified, and the diagnosis then often becomes uncertain. If pressure upon the corresponding portions of the wall fails to produce pain, the diagnosis of side bones can only be pronounced when all other lesions, which might excite similar lameness, are Fig. 27. Ossification of the lateral cartilages. 8.—Thrush. Rarely gives rise to lameness, unless the horny frog has been destroyed to such an extent as to no longer be a protec- tion to the sensitive frog, which may even be
. The clinical diagnosis of lameness in the horse. Horses. FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL HOOF DISEASES. 147 cartilage is ossified, and the diagnosis then often becomes uncertain. If pressure upon the corresponding portions of the wall fails to produce pain, the diagnosis of side bones can only be pronounced when all other lesions, which might excite similar lameness, are Fig. 27. Ossification of the lateral cartilages. 8.—Thrush. Rarely gives rise to lameness, unless the horny frog has been destroyed to such an extent as to no longer be a protec- tion to the sensitive frog, which may even become visible. Such animals go lamer on soft than on hard and level ground. Ordinarily a thrushy frog looks ragged, and a greasy, grayish matter, having a disagreeable odor, oozes from the middle lacuna, where the disease starts, to possibly undermine the entire frog. Sometimes superficial inflam- mation of the podophyllous membrane follows the entrance of septic material into the spaces formed in the disintegrat- ing frog, producing what is generally known as abscess of. 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 Wyman, Willy Edward Alexander; Möller, Heinrich, 1841-1932. New York, W. R. Jenkins
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