. Fig. 129.—Diagram illustrating Position of Seedy-Toe (Internal). i, The horn of the wall; 2, the horn of the sole; 3, the cavity of seedy-toe; 4, the os pedis; 5, the keratogenous membrane. Symptoms.—Lameness sometimes attends seedy-toe, and sometimes does not. This is an important point to be carried in mind by the veterinary surgeon who is accus- tomed in his practice to have many animals pass through his hands for examination as to soundness. An animal with advanced seedy-toe—a condition constituting serious unsoundness—may walk and trot absolutely sound, and may give no indication, eithe


. Fig. 129.—Diagram illustrating Position of Seedy-Toe (Internal). i, The horn of the wall; 2, the horn of the sole; 3, the cavity of seedy-toe; 4, the os pedis; 5, the keratogenous membrane. Symptoms.—Lameness sometimes attends seedy-toe, and sometimes does not. This is an important point to be carried in mind by the veterinary surgeon who is accus- tomed in his practice to have many animals pass through his hands for examination as to soundness. An animal with advanced seedy-toe—a condition constituting serious unsoundness—may walk and trot absolutely sound, and may give no indication, either in the shape of the wall or the condition of the sole, that anything abnormal is in existence. Later, however, after the veterinary surgeon has passed him, the purchaser lodges the complaint that the horse has a bad seedy-toe, which, so he is told, must


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