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Bone Spavin Bucked Shin Carpitis

Bone spavin is arthritis in the small bones of the hock, Bucked shins are an Carpitis is an inflammation of caused by too much stress inflammation of the bone the knee, caused by stress or concussion. If the covering on the front of the or trauma. Often seen in calcium deposits cause the cannon bone, usually in the racehorses or horses with bones to fuse together, the front legs. The shin calf knees. The knee horse may recover fully; if becomes very hot and sore, becomes hot, tender, and not, he may be permanently and the horse is lame. It is swollen, and the horse may lame. Appears as a hard usually seen in young move his leg in a sideways swelling low on the inner horses worked too hard. arc. The lameness may hock. The lameness subsides with subside with rest and rest and treatment. treatment, or require surgery.

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Sidebone Curb High Ringbone

The collateral cartilages Arthritis (calcification and A sprain of the plantar of the coffin bone, which ligament running down inflammation) in between form the bulbs of the heel, the back of the hock, the two pastern bones, gradually calcify and turn caused by extra strain on caused by stress and to bone. This usually is the hock and usually concussion. Eventually not considered an resulting in lameness. the bones may fuse and unsoundness unless the Seen as a thickening at the horse will be sound, sidebones become very the back of the lower but high ringbone has the large or get broken, hock; may be visible as a danger of developing into causing lameness. Most blemish after the ligament low ringbone, which is common in horses with has healed. more serious. straight pasterns.

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Low Ringbone Non-articular Osselet Ringbone Arthritis in the fetlock Arthritis (calcification and inflammation) in between A calcium deposit, or joint, resulting in a series the end of the pastern exostosis, in the pastern of calcium deposits which bone and the coffin bone, area, located away from give the fetlock an where it cannot be seen the joints. This is the enlarged, square without x-rays. This is the least serious type of appearance. The joint most serious type of ringbone and the horse will be hot, swollen and ringbone, caused by may be sound after a inflamed, and the horse stress and concussion, period of rest. Caused by very lame. May be cured and the horse may stress and concussion. with rest and treatment. become permanently lame.

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Bowed Tendon Splint Bog Spavin

A tendon stretched too far Calcification of the ligament A soft swelling on the and torn, resulting in a connecting the splint and front of the hock, caused thickening where scar cannon bones, usually by a buildup of synovial tissue forms. May be high caused by overwork of fluid from the joint. This or low on the tendon, young horses. A splint will indicates that the hock causing severe lameness. appear as a hard lump on has been under extra The horse may recover, the inner leg, most stress, but not enough to but the tendon will never commonly the forelegs. If make him lame. A bog regain full strength. allowed to heal completely, spavin is considered a Usually caused by a slip or the horse will be sound but blemish, but should be an accident caused by the lump will remain as a taken as a warning sign. fatigue. blemish.

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Thoroughpin Capped Elbow Capped Hock

A soft, cool swelling in the Inflammation due to Inflammation due to upper part of the hock, pressure or bruising over a pressure or bruising over a caused by an excess of long period of time, resulting long period of time, resulting tendon sheath fluid. Like in a swelling and blemish in a swelling and blemish a bog spavin, a which is often permanent, which often permanent, but thoroughpin is considered but rarely causes lameness. rarely causes lameness. A a blemish and usually A capped elbow is usually capped hock may be caused does not cause caused by the heel of the by kicking a solid object, or lameness, but shows that horse’s shoe pressing lying on a hard floor with the hock has been under against the elbow while lying insufficient bedding. too much stress. down.

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I Windpuffs Matching Answers for Unsoundnesses Cards (Windgalls) 1 = J 2 = C A soft, cool swelling 3 = M located just above the 4 = A fetlock joint, caused by 5 = O 6 = G extra joint fluid. 7 = D Windpuffs are considered 8 = N a blemish and rarely 9 = B cause lameness, but 10 = P indicate that the horse’s 11 = K 12 = H joints have been under a 13 = E recent stress. 14 = L 15 = F 16 = I

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