Gurney added that the angle of the pastern is a fine line. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
Once a lady asked him how he came to say that the pastern was the knee of a horse, and he calmly replied, "Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.". From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Feet down at the pastern are a serious fault. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Forearm -- The foreleg between the elbows and pastern. From Wordnik.com. [The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog] Reference
The colt may walk on the front of the pastern and fetlock. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
In effect, the whole pastern and the hoof had been cut off. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
The hither horse greased in the off-pastern of the hind leg. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle] Reference
He peered closely at the raw red and white end of the pastern. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
The horse bore the marks of the affray on the pastern for weeks. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
The favourite theory was that it was a sequence of "split pastern.". From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Because the long pastern bone had been so horribly shattered, the work was painstaking. From Wordnik.com. [Gone Like the Wind] Reference
Wouldn't have thought anyone would bother, when a pastern like Indigo's would be simple. '. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
First, the cannon bone fractures and that destabilization causes the fracture of the pastern. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2006] Reference
First, the cannon bone fractures, and that destabilization causes the fracture of the pastern. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2006] Reference
He pulled the hoof towards him, holding the pastern firmly, and the mare trembled but stayed still. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
The other forefoot lay uselessly bent at an unnatural angle, snapped through just above the pastern. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
In sub-acute cases, the entire region surrounding the pastern is blistered or the actual cautery is used. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Because of the pastern being horizontal, and aiding in the downward pressure, its change of form cannot be upwards. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
There was considerable swelling from the knee downwards, great pain, and evidence of fracture in the region of the pastern. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Rupture of one or more of the tendons and the suspensory ligament can be recognized by the abnormal extension of the pastern. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The operation does nothing to impede the work of healing going on, and allows free movement of the foot and pastern to take place. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Through the loops or rings small ropes were drawn, and in this way the shoe was fastened to the crown of the hoof and to the pastern. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference
But there was so little of the long pastern bone left — it had fragmented into more than 20 pieces — that he really had no choice. From Wordnik.com. [Gone Like the Wind] Reference
Lameness is most pronounced when weight is thrown on one foot, the later phase of the step being shortened and the pastern more upright. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
You see the marks of the transaction still on his pastern; but do not go too near him, for he is too thoroughly Irish to endure a Saxon. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
He pointed out the small pastern bone, the navicular, which can easily be chipped enough to lame a horse so badly it has to be put down. From Wordnik.com. [Black Horses For The King]
But the shattered long pastern bone was by far the most devastating and difficult to repair, and here you had all three fractures at once. From Wordnik.com. [Gone Like the Wind] Reference
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