. Bulletin. Stallions; Horses. HORSE BREEDING IN MONTANA 27 A short, upright pastern increas^es the concussion on the feet and tends to the development of sidebone, ringbone and navicular disease. It is rare to find these defects in a well form^ed, sloping pastern iiud a v^ell balanced foot. Quality is also important, influencing the wearing ability of the legs and feet. If the hair is fine, silky and free from curliness and. Sidebones and Short, Upright Pas- terns, Usually Associated. coarseness, it may be taken as an indication that the bone is dense snd ivory-like in texture, therefore of g
. Bulletin. Stallions; Horses. HORSE BREEDING IN MONTANA 27 A short, upright pastern increas^es the concussion on the feet and tends to the development of sidebone, ringbone and navicular disease. It is rare to find these defects in a well form^ed, sloping pastern iiud a v^ell balanced foot. Quality is also important, influencing the wearing ability of the legs and feet. If the hair is fine, silky and free from curliness and. Sidebones and Short, Upright Pas- terns, Usually Associated. coarseness, it may be taken as an indication that the bone is dense snd ivory-like in texture, therefore of good lasting qualiity. A horse with spongy-bone, lacking in density, is deficient in quality. Such an animal is likely to develop splints, sore shins, ringbones, sidebones and spavins without apparent external causes. Mud fever, grease, stocked legs, and cracked heels are other manifestations of lack of quality, especially when these defects develop from slight (ause. Sires deficient in quality are apt to transmit to their progeny soft legs in which there is a strong predisposition to wind galls, pufify tendon sheaths, and boggy hocks. GLANDERS AND FARCY This disease is almost too well known to require description. The exciting cause is a minute organism which usually commences in the lungs of a horse, similar to consumption or tuberculosis. AVhen the skin or legs are afi^ected it is called farcy. A great many glandered horses show little of the disease to the leverage observer and yet are capable of transmitting it to other. 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 Montana Stallion Registration Board. Bozeman, Mont. : The Board
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