*Flex and extend the hock joint and note that the joint surfaces are angled so that the pes is abducted as the hock is extended.
*Flex and extend the hock joint and note that the joint surfaces are angled so that the pes is abducted as the hock is extended.
*Attempt adduction and abduction, rotation and gliding, none of which is possible.
*Attempt adduction and abduction, rotation and gliding, none of which is possible.
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===References===
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Ellenberger/Baum/Dittrich 1925
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Labelled illustration reproduced in Nickel R, Schummer A, Seiferle E, Wilkens H, Wille K-H, Frewein J 1986 The locomotor system of the domestic mammals Paul Parey Berlin
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Seiferle E 1952 Angewandte Anatomie am Lebenden Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 94 280-286
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de Lahunta A Habel RE 1986 Applied veterinary anatomy WB Saunders Philadelphia
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Goody PC 1997 Dog anatomy: a pictorial approach to canine structure JA Allen London