. Dr. Le Gear's stock book ... comprising a description of the general care, feeding and watering, stabling and breeding, and all the diseases and their treatment, of stock in Texas and the South .. . Fig. 53. Navicular Disease. Causes.—The most frequent cause of coffin-joint lameness is hard and fast work on hard roads, and sprains of the joint. In some cases the disease is produced suddenly, as by a severe sprain, and at other times it comes on very gradually. The disease is seen more frequently in certain breeds of horses, as those having straight, upright pasterns and a pounding action whi
. Dr. Le Gear's stock book ... comprising a description of the general care, feeding and watering, stabling and breeding, and all the diseases and their treatment, of stock in Texas and the South .. . Fig. 53. Navicular Disease. Causes.—The most frequent cause of coffin-joint lameness is hard and fast work on hard roads, and sprains of the joint. In some cases the disease is produced suddenly, as by a severe sprain, and at other times it comes on very gradually. The disease is seen more frequently in certain breeds of horses, as those having straight, upright pasterns and a pounding action while traveling. One or botli front feet may be affected, but it rarely ever occurs in the hind feet. The disease may be caused by nails piercing through the frog and injuring the flexor tendon or the coffin-
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