Unsoundness and Blemishes

Question 1

what is unsoundness

Answer 1

prohibits performance

Question 2

moon blindness

Answer 2

cloudy eye
inflamed condition

Question 3

how does moon blindness change

Answer 3

progressive, ending in blindness

Question 4

jaw unsoundness

Answer 4

1. parrot mouth
2. monkey mouth/ sow

Question 5

what is sweeny shoulder

Answer 5

muscle atrophy caused by muscle degeneration

Question 6

what causes sweeny shoulder

Answer 6

nerve damage

Question 7

what causes buckshins

Answer 7

trauma to periosteum due to concussion
(fracture of the cannon bone)

Question 8

is buckshins an unsoundness or blemish

Answer 8

temporary unsoundness

Question 9

what is bowed tendons

Answer 9

severe strain
( deep flexor or superficial flexor tendon)

Question 10

where is bowed tendon most common

Answer 10

front limbs

Question 11

what causes bowed tendons

Answer 11

predisposed by long pasturns

1. overexertion
2. fatigue

Question 12

what area does periarticular ring bone affect

Answer 12

around joints

Question 13

what area does articular ring bone affect

Answer 13

joint surface

Question 14

what causes ringbone

Answer 14

constant work on hard surfaces

poor confirmation

Question 15

what is shoe boil/ capped elbow

Answer 15

flabby swelling caused by irritation of the elbow

Question 16

what causes shoe boil/ capped elbow

Answer 16

contact with shoe or ground surface when lying down

Question 17

how can you fix shoe boils/ capped elbow

Answer 17

shoe boil right/ upside down boot

Question 18

what are splints

Answer 18

abnormal or new bone growth on the cannon bone/ splint bones

Question 19

are splints unsoundness or blemish

Answer 19

causes lameness initially but turns into blemish once it disappears.

Question 20

what are wind puffs/ wind gulls

Answer 20

enlargement of fluid sacs around pasturn and fetlock

Question 21

where do wind puffs/ wind gulls occur

Answer 21

hind and front legs

Question 22

what causes wind puffs/ wind gulls

Answer 22

hard work

Question 23

what is lamenitis/ founder

Answer 23

inflammation of the laminae

Question 24

where does lamenitis/ founder occur

Answer 24

forefeet are most susceptible but can occur in all feet

Question 25

what is founder

Answer 25

chronic laminitis

Question 26

what will a horse have after it has been cured of founder

Answer 26

founder rings

Question 27

what is quittor

Answer 27

deep-seated sore that drains at coronet band

Question 28

what are scratches/ grease heal

Answer 28

inflammation of posterior fetlock

Question 29

where are scratches/ grease heal normally

Answer 29

in hind legs

Question 30

what do scratches/ grease heal look like

Answer 30

skin chapped/ cracked/ infected

Question 31

what causes scratches/ grease heal

Answer 31

filthy conditions/ washed too often

Question 32

what is another name for scratches/ grease heal

Answer 32

rain rot

Question 33

what is thrush

Answer 33

disease of frog

Question 34

what is thrush caused by

Answer 34

organisms/ standing in urine and feces soaked ground

Question 35

how can you notice thrush

Answer 35

foul smelling, blackish discharge

Question 36

what is stringhalt

Answer 36

involuntary flexion of hock during movement

Question 37

when is stringhalt most prevalent

Answer 37

after horse has been at rest or while turning

Question 38

how does stringhalt progress

Answer 38

usually gets worse with age

Question 39

what is bone spavin

Answer 39

new bone growth on medial and proximal third metatarsal or hind cannon bone

Question 40

what is bone spavin predisposed by

Answer 40

sickle hocks , cow hocks

Question 41

what is large bone spavin

Answer 41

jack spavin

Question 42

what is bog spavin

Answer 42

filling of natural depression on the front of hock

Question 43

what is bog spavin predisposed by

Answer 43

too straight of hock

Question 44

what can cause bog spavin

Answer 44

trauma to hock

Question 45

what is thoroughpin

Answer 45

puffy condition of the hock web

Question 46

what causes thoroughpin

Answer 46

trauma or tendon strain

Question 47

are there any signs of thoroughpin

Answer 47

NO signs of heat, lameness, or pain

Question 48

what causes the puffyness in thoroughpin

Answer 48

fluid accumulation in synovial sheath (will move side to side with pressure)

Question 49

what is capped hock

Answer 49

enlargement of the point of hock

Question 50

what causes capped hock

Answer 50

bruising due to kicking

Question 51

how does capped hock progress

Answer 51

becomes fibrous when set (like scar tissue)

Question 52

what are general unsoundness

Answer 52

hernia and photosensitization