2.0 Flashcards
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The hair type of the fleece
of sheep
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wool hairs
2
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– the long hair of the
horse –forelock, mane, tail and “feathers”
(behind the fetlock)
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Long hair
3
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the hair coat of the pig; the cilia
(eyelashes), vibrissae (hairs of the
nostrils) and “beard” (hair of the
submandibular region ) of the goat
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Bristles
4
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Composed of wool hairs or undercoat of animals bred
for their ability to produce usable fibers
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wool of sheep
5
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Lacks guard hairs so that the fleece is soft and curly,
made up of long fine hairs
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Wool of sheep
6
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Has oily feel due to _____, a
product of cutaneous sebaceous glands
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lanolin
7
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– acquired from sheep (merino and
rambouillet)
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commercial wool
8
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– compound hair follicles with single primary hair
and a group of smaller secondary hairs
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dog
9
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single follicles grouped in clusters
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pigs
10
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single follicle with primary guard hair surrounded
by clusters of compound follicles
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cat
11
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– hoof pads or bulbs are comparable to the
digital pads of carnivores
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ruminant
12
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at medial canthus of eye, larger in rams
than in ewes; used for marking
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infraorbital pouches
13
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– on the midline above the hoofs between
the digits of all four feet; used as trail markers
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interdigital pouches
14
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near the base of the udder or scrotum
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inguinal pouches
15
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– caudal to the base of the horn, secretion is
increased during breeding season and especially pungent in
bucks
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horn glands
16
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two glands below the tail responsible for
the bucks characteristic smell
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Sub-caudal glands
17
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on the mediopalmar aspect of the
carpus; Produce sexual pheromones, marking the
sow during mating
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carpal glands
18
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wart-like skin eminence on
the chin; has both tactile and secretory (marking)
functions
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Mental (chin) glands
19
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– in all domestic species; in the wall
of the external auditory canal; produce “ear wax”
which protects the tympanic membrane from foreign
bodies
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ceruminous glands
20
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– only in cats; in the skin
around the mouth esp the lower lip; called “cleaning
glands” but functional significance is probably for
marking
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Circumoral/ Perioral glands
21
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– secretions mix with degenerated cells
to form a substance called smegma in horses
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Preputial glands
22
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predominant in man
Restricted in the footpads of carnivores, frog of the
horse, nasolabial region of ruminants and swine, and
carpus of pig
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eccrine sweat glands
23
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Function relates to territorial markings and
thermoregulation
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eccrine sweat glands
24
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predominates in domestic
species
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apocrrine sweat glands
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Distributed throughout the skin, ducts open into hair
follicles
apocrine sweat glands
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Can be found over the entire bodies of farm animals,
including the horse, cow, sheep, pig although sparse
sweat glands
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Planum nasolabiale
cow
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Planum nasale
sheep
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Planum nasale
pig
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is rich in protein and will foam when agitated
by working mucles.
equine sweat
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term designating all the mammae in the
ruminants and the horse (sometimes in sow)
udder
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the four parts of the bovine udder each
associated with one teat; all four quarters are
completely seperated from each other
quarters
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– external indication of the
separation of the two halves of the udder
intermammary groove
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: usually 10 mammae; 5 (4-6) mammary
complexes on each side separated by an intermammary
groove
bitch
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8 mammae, four on each side of the ventral
adominal wall
queen
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14 (10-18) mammae; seven on each side
Cow : 4 mammae, Two (quarters) on each side, all
bound together to form an udder
sow
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: 2 mammae forming a pendulous udder
Mare : 2 mammae forming a small udde
goat and sheep
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teats; usually have the same number as females
males
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extra teats may or may not be connected to primary
mammary gland tissue in both male and female
accessory teats or supernumerary teats
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found caudal to other four but can be between or
cranial to them
cow
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if found are usually cranial to
scrotum
bullas, ram, and bucks
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– extra mammae
polymastia
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the mammary secretion in the first few days
after parturition; with essential nutrients and
immunoglobulins; also has laxative effect to stimulate
the expulsion of the neonates first stool (meconium)
colostrum
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– inflammation of the mammary gland
mastitis
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the complete emptying of a quarter;
done before treating the infected quarter.
milking out
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hoofed animals, farm animals
fall in this category; Artiodactyls – even–
toed ungulates; Perisodactyls – odd–toed
ungulates
ungolates
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– the visible part of the standing horse’ hoof
wall
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dorsal part of wall
toe
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medial and lateral wall parts
quarters
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the palmar/plantar aspect of wall
heels
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- the extension of the wall from the back of the
foot towards the toe; seen on either side of the frog
from the ground surface
bars
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– a concave surface facing the ground between the
frog and the walls; medial and lateral angles of the sole
are located between the bars and quarters
sole
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the wedge-shaped structure between the sole,
bars and bulbs; it points towards the toe; often
called the “heart of the horse foot” bec its
compression forces blood out of the foot back
towards the body; homologous with digital pads of
other species
frog
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just proximal and palmar/plantar to the frog
bulbs
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the junction of the hoof and the skin
coronet
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junction bet wall and sole
on the ground surface of foot; external indication of
the sensitive internal structures; landmark in horse
shoeing
white line or white zone
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connects the dermis to the internal
structures of the foot
subcutis
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Highly vascular part of the integument providing
nourishment for the overlying epidermis (hoof)
corium or dermis
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The sensitive part of the foot, it holds the hoof in place
corium
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Divided into five parts: periople, coronary, laminar, sole
and frog; each has pegs (papillae)extending into the
horny epidermis except the laminar
corium
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Around these pegs (dermal papillae) the epidermis
builds tubular and non-tubular horn
corium
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The vascular subcutis attaches the corium to the
periosteum of the distal phalanx.
corium
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– the dermis of the foot that is
continuous with the dermis of the skin; widens out over
the bulb of the heel; produce the thin , shiny, external
layer of the wall
perioplic corium
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– thick band of dermis just distal to the
perioplic corium located in the coronary groove of the
hoof; provides template for tubular and non-tubular
horn of the walls bulk
coronary corium
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(sensitive laminae) the dermis
connecting the distal phalanx lateral and dorsal sides to
the hoof wall; tightly binds the hoof to corium
laminar corium
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– dermis underlying and nourishing the
horny sole
corium of sole
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dermis underlying and nourishing the
horny frog
corium of frog
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– consist of coronary and perioplic coria
and the germinal layer of the epidermis overlying these
coria
coronary band
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the modified, elastic subcutis under
the coronary band
coronary cushion
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Part of integument overlying the dermis
epidermis or hoof
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the light band marking the
junction bet the hoof and skin
perioplic epidermis
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– middle highly keratinized hoof
wall layer extending distally from the coronary corium
that nourishes it; forms the bulk of the wall of the hoof
coronary epidermis
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– inside layer of the hoof,
interdigitates with the laminae of the dermis
laminar epidermis
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more elastic and not fully keratinized,
wavy and softer
frog epidermis
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– layer of connective tissue joining the dermis
to the coffin bone, cartilages of the hoof and tendons
subcutis
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– wedge-shaped mass of white classic
fibers and fat overlying the frog and attaching to the
cartilage of the hoof
digital cushion
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– two soft prominences behind and above the frog;
with the frog they form the pad of the horse
bulb
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the angle of foot in relation to ground
surface
foot/hoof axis
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– angle of proximal phalanx with relation to
the ground
pastern axis
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– should be equal and form a
continuous line; broken foot-pastern axis manipulated
by horseshoers
foot/hoof pastern axis
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– foot with equal length to the medial and
lateral quarters and heels
level foot
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dorsal angle to
the ground of 60˚ or greater
Club foot, steep foot or upright foot
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less than 45˚
low foot or sloping foot
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when foot and pastern axis are not the
same from lateral view; increases stress on distal limb;
corrected by shoeing
broken foot
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– broken foot-pastern axis in which the foot
axis is steeper than the pastern axis
coon foot
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– with swelling on the dorsal coronet may
be due to tear of the extensor tendon’s attachment to
the extensor process of the distal phalanx or to low
ringbone
buttress foot
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– with little concavity to the sole
flat foot
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flat foot due to rotation of the distal
phalanx pushing down on the sole
dropped foot
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inflammation of the laminae of
the foot
laminitis or founder
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– a foot with lower quarter than the
opposite foot
off-level foot
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a separation of the epidermal and the
dermal laminae; often due to chronic laminits
seedy toe
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a drainage tract up the dermal laminae and
out the skin above the coronet; result of an infection of
a crack in a white line
gravel
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– a bruise/contusion of the medial angle of the
sole
corn
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a degenerative condition of the frog or lateral
angles of the hoof asso with filth resulting in black
necrotic material
thrush
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a foot that is narrower than normal
in its palmar/plantar aspect
Contracted heels
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lameness due to chronic contracted heels
hoof bound
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chronic inflammation of the lateral cartilages
of the hoof characterized by the draining tracts just
proximal to the hoof
quittor
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– dry feet with cracks in the hoof wall
brittle feet
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breaks in the hoof wall starting from the ground surface
or the coronary border.
Toe crack, quarter crack and heel crack (sand cracks) –
100
the epidermis of the wall, sole and heels are
similar to the horse except they have no frog, bars or
secondary laminae
hooves
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the sensitive vascular layer
underlying the hoof consisting of perioplic, coronary,
laminar, sole and bulb dermis
dermis or corium
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the space between the two hooves
interdigital cleft
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highly keratinized cushions on the
palmar/plantar aspect of the foot
hoof pads or bulbs
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– inflammation of ruminants foot
foot rot
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– separation of hoof wall, often following
drying of the hoof
hoof cracks
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wet inflammation of the
interdigital cleft
interdigital dermatitis
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proliferation of tissue in the
interdigital cleft often associated with foot rot and
interdigital dermatitis
interdigital fibromas
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possible and often done in ox
removal of a digit
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a bony core that
projects from the frontal bone of the skull
formed over the cornual process
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– a ring of soft horn that covers the surface of
the horn at the base and extends toward the apex of
the horn; marks the transition between skin and horn
espikeras
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The age of the animal may be estimated by counting
the
rings on horns
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ruminants that lack horns
polled
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the horns are located at the caudolateral end
of head
cattle
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horn are located behind the orbits
sheep and goat
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– the grooves (cornual rings)
on the external surface of the horns; caused by slowing
of growth near the end of gestation and during
lactation; a rough estimate can be made of a cows age
pregnacny grooves in cow
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– sheep and goat; circumferential grooves
on the horn; more distinct than in cow, 9-12 are
produced per year
cornual rings
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can be accomplished by destroying the
corium when only buttons (horn bud) are present in
young animal between 5-10 days old
dehorning
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– as soon as horn bud is palpable by
chemical means, cauterization or surgical excision of
the horn bud and surrounding skin
dehorning of calves
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– use barnes dehorner or a small
saw when the horn has already broken thru the skin for
at least one inch
dehorning young cattle
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– remove the horn close to the
skull proximal to the epikeras so no horn can be
produced after; use saw, horn shears or dehorning wire
dehorning adult cattle
121
– best done under
general anesthesia bec of hemorrhage and the
cranium under the horn buds is thin and easily
opened to the brain
dehorning of young goat
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common sequel to dehorning in animals
over 7 months old when cornual sinus already
opened.
sinusitis
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hornlike growths on the medial side of the horses’ limb
chestnuts
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Small projections of cornified epithelium in the center of
the palmar (plantar) part of the fetlock of the horse
Ergots
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