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Fibrous Anchylosis of the Fetlock Joint
The Vetennary fournal. his feed, became dull and sleepy, and wandered about the stall in a listless manner, knocking his eyes and head against the walls, and forcing his forehead against any objects which came in his way. My attendance was requested on Sept. 3rd, and I found both eyes closed up, and the skin abraided off different portions of the head. The animal had hardly eaten anything since Aug. 31 st, but had been purging freely. The pulse was slow and feeble in character, temperature 101°; there was a profuse discharge of frothy saliva from the mouth, villous mucous membr:l.nes injected; there was great stiffness of the hind quarters during progression, the urine was of a dark colour, and the animal strained while micturating . . I prescribed stimulants and small doses of belladonna, digitalis and spt.
FIBROUS ANCHYLOSIS OF THE FETLOCK JOINT. BY VETERINARY-CAPTAIN (A.V. D. ) J. A. NUNN, D.S.O., F.R.C.V.S., PRINCIPAL OF THE LAHORE VETERINARY COLLEGE.
IN the July number of the VETERINARY JOURNAL for 1892 an article was published by Veterinary-Captain L. J. Blenkinsop and myself on "Fibrous Anchylosis," in which the
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method of breaking down the adhesions in the fetlock and knee-joints was described. Since this article was written I have come to the conclusion that defective power of flexion of the fetlock-joint is a much more common cause of lameness than is generally supposed; also that in most horses that are beyond the prime of life the power of flexion of this joint is imperfect; whereas o in young animals that have not done any work it is normal. I have lately taken 40 young animals under l!l months of age, and in all of them flexion of the joint was complete; but in 40 others, between 8 and 12 years of age, in only one was this so; thp. other 39 were all defective. These animals were not specially selected in any way. What I took for the normal degree of flexion was a line A B on the front of the pastern, making nearly a right angle with another on the front of the metacarpal bone, C D, and the stiffer the joint the more 'a cute the angle A B D becomes. EXPERIMENTS IN SHOEING HORSES WITH ALUMINIUM SHOES IN EGYPT-RESULTSREMARKS. BY W . LITTLEWOOD, M.R.C.V.S., CAIRO.
following horses were shod with aluminium shoes during month of May, 1893, under the supervision of Mr. Charman, who instructs native farriers, and is in charge of the shoeing of the Egyptian Government animals. Horses Nos. I and 2, doing ordinary hack and driving work, wore out the shoes in 14 days, in one case a shoe was broken at the nail-holes in 7 days. ~orse NO.3, ridden by an orderly (police), doing hard and at times fast work, wore out its shoes in I I days. Horses Nos. 3 and 4, doing police patrol, wore out their shoes in 16 and 18 days respectively. Hor:e NO.5, doing very easy patrol (police), wore out its shoes In 3 I days. Hor?~ No.6, doing transport work (police), wore out its shoes In 20 days. THE
FIBROUS ANCHYLOSIS OF THE FETLOCK JOINT. BY VETERINARY-CAPTAIN (A.V. D. ) J. A. NUNN, D.S.O., F.R.C.V.S., PRINCIPAL OF THE LAHORE VETERINARY COLLEGE.
IN the July number of the VETERINARY JOURNAL for 1892 an article was published by Veterinary-Captain L. J. Blenkinsop and myself on "Fibrous Anchylosis," in which the
Shoeing Horses wzth Alum£nium Shoes.
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method of breaking down the adhesions in the fetlock and knee-joints was described. Since this article was written I have come to the conclusion that defective power of flexion of the fetlock-joint is a much more common cause of lameness than is generally supposed; also that in most horses that are beyond the prime of life the power of flexion of this joint is imperfect; whereas o in young animals that have not done any work it is normal. I have lately taken 40 young animals under l!l months of age, and in all of them flexion of the joint was complete; but in 40 others, between 8 and 12 years of age, in only one was this so; thp. other 39 were all defective. These animals were not specially selected in any way. What I took for the normal degree of flexion was a line A B on the front of the pastern, making nearly a right angle with another on the front of the metacarpal bone, C D, and the stiffer the joint the more 'a cute the angle A B D becomes. EXPERIMENTS IN SHOEING HORSES WITH ALUMINIUM SHOES IN EGYPT-RESULTSREMARKS. BY W . LITTLEWOOD, M.R.C.V.S., CAIRO.
following horses were shod with aluminium shoes during month of May, 1893, under the supervision of Mr. Charman, who instructs native farriers, and is in charge of the shoeing of the Egyptian Government animals. Horses Nos. I and 2, doing ordinary hack and driving work, wore out the shoes in 14 days, in one case a shoe was broken at the nail-holes in 7 days. ~orse NO.3, ridden by an orderly (police), doing hard and at times fast work, wore out its shoes in I I days. Horses Nos. 3 and 4, doing police patrol, wore out their shoes in 16 and 18 days respectively. Hor:e NO.5, doing very easy patrol (police), wore out its shoes In 3 I days. Hor?~ No.6, doing transport work (police), wore out its shoes In 20 days. THE