Ergot
15/09/2010
by GSS Equestrian
The ergot is a small callosity on the underside of the fetlock of a horse or other equine. Some equines have them on all four fetlocks; others have few or no detectable ergots. In horses, the ergot varies from very small to the size of a pea or bean, larger ergots occurring in horses with "feather" - long hairs on the lower legs. In some other equines, the ergot can be as much as 1.5 inches in diameter.
Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergot_(horse_anatomy)
Picture Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pasterns.jpg
