buttress foot

buttress foot
periostitis or ostitis in the region of the pyramidal process of the coffin bone of the horse, with fracture of the process, deformity of the hoof, and alteration of the normal angle of the joint. Called also extensor process disease, pyramidal disease, and low ring-bone.

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