If sidebones, ringbones, navicular disease, contracted tendons, or other diseases have been the cause of contracted heels, treatment will be useless until the cause is removed.
During rest the animal often carries his leg forward, somewhat analogous to the "pointing" position of navicular disease, though in some cases the painful member drops at the elbow in a semiflexed position.
In the fore legs, navicular disease is differentiated by noting absence of contraction at the heel.
Pointing" affords a comfortable position in some cases of navicular disease, and in a unilateral affection, one may observe the subject bearing weight with one sound member, while the affected foot is planted well ahead of the sound one.
To avoid this error, it should be remembered that, when brought on by navicular disease, the action of the limb improves with exercise; also that horses of five years of age or less very rarely suffer from coffin-joint disease.
In young horses splints are sometimes mistaken for coffin-joint lameness or navicular disease.
Navicular disease, that terror of every horse-owner, is without doubt largely induced by improper shoeing, coupled with the pernicious practice which I am now condemning, of cutting away the frog.
Foot with the Seat of Navicular Disease exposed (showing Lesions).
Navicular Bone showing Lesions of Navicular Disease (a Case of Long-standing).
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