cutaneous quittor

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noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. a purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by an acute inflammation of soft tissue above the hoof and resulting in suppuration and sloughing of the skin and usually lameness.

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cutaneous quittor

Symptoms.—Whether commencing from an ascertainable injury, or beginning at first unnoticed, cutaneous quittor is characterized sooner or later by the appearance of an inflammatory swelling, usually confined to the seat of injury.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

Surgical Shoeing in Quittor.—In the case of simple or cutaneous quittor, no alteration in the shoeing is necessary.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

The means which are to be adopted for the cure of cutaneous quittor vary with the stage of the disease at the time the case is presented for treatment.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

First of all an effort must be made to prevent suppuration; if the patient is seen at the beginning, cold irrigation, recommended in the treatment for cutaneous quittor, is to be resorted to.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Causes.—Bruises and other wounds of the coronet are often the cause of cutaneous quittor, yet there can be no question that in the great majority of cases the disease develops without any known cause.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.