Shoe boil
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A shoe boil is the swelling of the elbow of a horse
due to irritation caused by the hoof
striking the elbow when lying down. Also called capped elbow. This affliction does not lead to lameness
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If left unattended the bulge may become hard, fibrous and permanent. Though not known to cause any harm except cosmetic looks.
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
due to irritation caused by the hoof
Hoof
A hoof , plural hooves or hoofs , is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal, strengthened by a thick horny covering. The hoof consists of a hard or rubbery sole, and a hard wall formed by a thick nail rolled around the tip of the toe. The weight of the animal is normally borne by both the sole...
striking the elbow when lying down. Also called capped elbow. This affliction does not lead to lameness
Lameness (equine)
Lameness in horses and other equidae is a term used to refer to any number of conditions where the animal fails to travel in a regular and sound manner on all four feet...
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If left unattended the bulge may become hard, fibrous and permanent. Though not known to cause any harm except cosmetic looks.