ANATOMY OF THE HOOF IN DONKEYS

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Dept. of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Vet. Med., Assiut University

Abstract

A detailed anatomical structure of wall, sole and frog of the hoof and corium of the foot was described. This study revealed that the hoof of the donkeys differs from that of the horse as regards to the dimentions of the hoof, the slope of the wall, size and density of horny tubes and the number of the horny lamellae.