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Definition of Blood spavin
1. Noun. Spavin caused by distension of the veins.
Medical Definition of Blood spavin
1. A distention of the veins in the vicinity of the tarsus in a horse, due to pressure from the swelling of bog spavin impeding the return flow of blood. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blood Spavin
Literary usage of Blood spavin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1856)
"In the latter case it is termed blood spavin. It will be seen, on referring to
article Spavin, that the above abnormal states bear no resemblance to the ..."
2. The Illustrated Horse Doctor: Being an Accurate and Detailed Account of the by Edward Mayhew (1880)
"blood spavin. This disease is, happily, with the past: the writer has not seen
an instance. Neither had the late Mr. Percival—the highest veterinary ..."
3. The Training and Breaking of Horses by Merritt Wesley Harper (1918)
"Wind-galls, wind-puffs, blood-spavin, bog-spavin and thorough-pin. — These appear
as soft, rather symmetrical bunches, wind-galls occurring on the back of ..."
4. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1854)
"In the latter case it is termed blood spavin. It will be seen, on referring to
article Spavin, that the above abnormal states bear no resemblance to the ..."
5. The New System of Educating Horses Including Instructions on Feeding by Dennis Magner (1872)
"blood spavin, THOROUGH PIN, Soft enlargements upon the hock. If not of long
standing, the following will be found very effective, though simple : Rub on ..."
6. The Orange County Stud Book: Giving a History of All Noted Stallions, Bred by J. H. Reeves (1880)
"It is termed Bog, or blood spavin. The cellular tissue which fills the interstices
of the various organs, or enters into their texture, is the seat of many ..."
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