The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . rregular at the toe, which by increasing the resistance ofthe foot, while implanted on the ground, throws an additionalstrain on the tendon, which passes under the navicular bone. Symptoms.—At first slight lameness, perhaps just after beingshod. There wdl be pointing of the foot. The examiner musthere not confound pointing from habit or fatigue with the point-ing of lameness. It may come on suddenly and be severe, or itmay come on gradually and be slight. A horse suffeiing from15 226 THE
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The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . rregular at the toe, which by increasing the resistance ofthe foot, while implanted on the ground, throws an additionalstrain on the tendon, which passes under the navicular bone. Symptoms.—At first slight lameness, perhaps just after beingshod. There wdl be pointing of the foot. The examiner musthere not confound pointing from habit or fatigue with the point-ing of lameness. It may come on suddenly and be severe, or itmay come on gradually and be slight. A horse suffeiing from15 226 THE STOCK OWNER S ADVISER. this lameness comes out of the stable, after an interval ofquietude, stiff and lame, but after short exercise the lamenessdisappears. If he be lame in both feet, his step is short andstilty, sad he seems rigid and bound by some stiffness of themuscles of the chest and shoulders. These peculiar symptomshave produced the name chest founder. There is nothing, however, wrong with the shoulders or chest. There will be heatand tenderness upon pressure at the hollow of the heel. There. Fig. 61—Navicular Disease. may be reaness of the sole. If pressure be brought to bear onthe seat of the navicular joint, pain will be evinced. This pres-sure must be gently applied; if not, the horse will flinch whenthere is no pain. The horse wears the toe of the shoe of theaffected foot. If the disease is of some standing, there will be awell marked contraction and wasting of the foot and muscles ofthe fore limbs. The horny frog presents a shriveled appearance, in some cases dwindling in size until scarcely any frog remains.The fatty frog is also affected, causing a well marked concavityof the sole. DISEASES OF THE FEET. 227 Treatment.—Remove the shoes; the frogs should be allowedto touch the ground; blood is to be withdrawn from the toe, orcoronary plexus, and the feet placed in a cold water bath forseveral hours during the day, and in a poultice at night. Thismethod of tre