Biology:Deciduous hoof capsule
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Short description: Eponychium in newborn hoofed animals
In hoofed animals, the deciduous hoof capsule (Capsula ungulae decidua) is the eponychium in fetuses and newborn foals.[1] It is a deciduous structure, which disappears as the animal grows. In equines, they are shed soon after a foal begins to stand.[2] The shedding process can vary from dropping-off whole to the gradual wearing down of the capsule.[2] Common names used in lay literature include "golden slippers", "fairy fingers", and "horse feathers".[2]
References
Works cited
- Bragulla, H. (1991). "Die hinfällige Hufkapsel (Capsula ungulae decidua) des Pferdefetus und neugeborenen Fohlens*" (in German). Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia 20 (1): 66–74. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0264.1991.tb00293.x. PMID 1877762.
- Ginther, O.J. (2022). "Physical Interplay between Equine Fetus and Uterus from Day 180 to End of Pregnancy". Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 112: 103918. doi:10.1016/j.jevs.2022.103918. PMID 35257827. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0737080622000569.
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