Layman's Horse Conditions

Question 1

Shoe Boil

Answer 1

Seroma/hematoma on elbow from laying on hoof/shoe

Question 2

Stifled

Answer 2

Hindlimb locked in stay apparatus

Question 3

Popped Knee

Answer 3

Enlargement of carpal bones (damaged joint capsule or torn ligaments)

Question 4

Bog Spavin

Answer 4

Swelling of hock (excess synovial fluid)

Question 5

Bone Spavin

Answer 5

Bony growth in hock (lameness due to OA)

Question 6

Capped Hock

Answer 6

Bursitis of calcaneal bursa (common shipping/stall kicking injury)

Question 7

Thoroughpin

Answer 7

Tenosynovitis of tarsal sheath

Question 8

Curb

Answer 8

Soft tissue injuries in distal plantar hock

Question 9

Bucked Shins

Answer 9

Shin splints (inflammation of dorsal metacarpal bone). Affects left leg first in racing horses (CCW track)

Question 10

Bowed Tendon

Answer 10

Improper healing of tendonitis in antebrachium (Bowed appearance)

Question 11

Wind Puff

Answer 11

Soft fluid-filled swellings toward back of fetlock (Inflammed deep digital tendon sheath)

Question 12

Side Bone

Answer 12

Hardening of the cartilage on either side of coffin bone

Question 13

Osselet

Answer 13

Traumatic arthritis of the fetlock

Question 14

High Ring Bone

Answer 14

Bone growth in pastern

Question 15

Low Ring Bone

Answer 15

Bone growth in the manus (creates bony bump on the coronet)

Question 16

Sesamoiditis

Answer 16

Inflammed sesamoids in the back of fetlock