dropped sole


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dropped sole

n
(Veterinary Science) vet science a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave. Also called: convex sole
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The cases of overgrown hooves were taken care by trimming because overgrown hooves led to problems like dropped sole and hoof ulcers etc.
Signs recorded under chronic form were dropped sole or pumiced sole, elongated toe, lameness on movement (swinging leg lameness), erosive sole as well as separation of the hoof wall, corkscrew rotation of the lateral claw of hind limb and occasionally also in the forelimb, ring formation on the hoof wall and scissor hoof (Fig.