Chapter IX

DEFECTS OF THE HOOF.
=A. Changes of Form= 182
1. THE FLAT AND THE FULL HOOF 182
2. THE UPRIGHT OR STUMPY HOOF 184
3. THE CONTRACTED HOOF 185
(_a_) The Contraction of Wide Hoofs 189
(_b_) Contraction of the Sole 189
4. THE WRY HOOF 190
5. THE CROOKED HOOF 192
6. OSSIFICATION OF THE LATERAL CARTILAGE
(SIDE-BONE) 194
=B. Disturbances of Continuity of Hoof= 195
1. CRACKS 195
2. CLEFTS 203
3. LOOSE WALL 204
4. HOLLOW WALL 205
5. THRUSH OF THE FROG 206

CHAPTER X.
SHOEING MULES, ASSES, AND OXEN.
1. THE SHOEING OF MULES AND ASSES 207
2. THE SHOEING OF OXEN 207