. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. FAULTY CONFOEMATION 149 complete covering to the sole and frog, and to the bearing surface of the wall. When cold it hardens, without losing the shape given to it, into a hard, leather-like substance. Treated in this way, the animal with pumiced feet may yet be capable of earning his living at light labour or upon a farm. E. 'RINGED' OE ' EIBBED ' HOOF. Definition.—A condition of the hoof in which the wall is marked by a series of well-defined ridges in the horn, each ridge running parallel with the coronary margin. They. Fig. 82.—Hoof showing the
. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. FAULTY CONFOEMATION 149 complete covering to the sole and frog, and to the bearing surface of the wall. When cold it hardens, without losing the shape given to it, into a hard, leather-like substance. Treated in this way, the animal with pumiced feet may yet be capable of earning his living at light labour or upon a farm. E. 'RINGED' OE ' EIBBED ' HOOF. Definition.—A condition of the hoof in which the wall is marked by a series of well-defined ridges in the horn, each ridge running parallel with the coronary margin. They. Fig. 82.—Hoof showing the Eings in the Horn brought about BY Physiological Causes. are known commonly as ' grass rings,' and may be easily distinguished from the more grave condition we have alluded to as following laminitis, by the mere fact that they do not, as do the laminitic rings, approximate each other in the region of the toe, but that they run round the foot, as we have already said, parallel icitli each other. Causes.—This condition is purely a physiological, and not a pathological one, and the words of its more common name, ' grass rings,' sufficiently indicate one of the most common causes. Anything tending to an alternate increase and decrease in the secretion of horn from the coronet will. 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 Reeks, H. Caulton. London : Bailière, Tindall etc.
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