The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management (1906) (14771948062)
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Identifier: horseitstreatm05axej (find matches)
Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries
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Fig. 312.—Bones of the Hock sejiar.iteii Tibia. OsCalcia. ^A.straKaliis. ^Cuneiform Mag^num. Cuboid.* Cuneiform Medium. Small Metatarsal Bone. * Large Metatarsal Bone, DISEASES OF BONES 205 Except in very unimportant particulars the bones below the hockresemble those below the knee, and do not, therefore, require specialdescription. DISEASES OF BONES RING-BONE A ring-bone is an enlargement extending over the front, and sometimesalso over the back, of the pastern. It consists of a diffused bony excre-scence growing out of or upon the large or small pastern bone, or both.When affecting the former it is described as high ring-bone (fig. 314),when the latter, as low ring-bone (fig. 313). It is common to all classesof horses, but more especially prevalent in cart-horses and thoroughbreds.
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