Oem THE HORSE’S FOOT Christopher C Pollitt LY CS egColor Atlat gp ener con] THE HORSE’S FOOT Christopher C. Pollitt BVSc, PhD Senior Lecturer in Equine Medicine School of Veterinary Science ‘The University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland Australia NA Mosby-Wolfe Lan Bare Ue Bakr Gat Are Cant Creat CA Ova Mh Mom Mas Ne FL nek Pc Sas Sy Tobe Tot necWWW.ELIB4VET.Com Project Manager: Dave Burin Designer and Layout Artist: Jim Evow Cover Design: Pete Wilder Illustration: John MeDougall Production: Jane Tozer Index: Jill Halliday Publisher: Jane Hunter Copyright © 1995 Times Mirror International Publishers Limited Published in 1995 by Mosby-Wolfe, an imprint of Times Mirror Intern: Publishers Limited Printed in Spain by Grafos S.A. Arte sobre papel, Barcelona, Spain ISBN 0 7234 1765 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, copied or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without written permission from the Publisher for in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Ageney, 33-34 Alfred Place, London, WC1E 7DP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. Permission to photocopy or reproduce solely for internal or personal use is permitted for libraries or other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center, provided thar the base fee of $4.00 per chapter plus $.10 per page is paid directly ro the Copyright Clearance Center, 21 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970. This consent dovs not extend to other kinds of copying, such as copying for general distribution, for advertising of promotional purposes, for creating new collected works, or for resale. For full details of all Times Mirror International Publishers Limited titles, please write to Times Mirror International Publishers Limited, Lynton House, 7-12 Tavistock ‘Square, London WC1H 9LB, England. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.