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greasy heel

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greasy heel
chronic, incapacitating dermatitis of the back of the pastern in horses. The cause is unknown but many cases occur in horses obliged to stand in unmucked out stables or in wet standing of any sort. There are horizontal fissures and a sebaceous exudate. The area is very painful to the touch.

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