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WINDGALL – OR CYST?
OME terms for equine problems go back centuries: terms such as “splints”, “spavin” and “thoroughpin”. Another is “windgall”, which is a fluid distension of the digital flexor tendon sheath of the fetlock. This fluid-filled tendon sheath lubricates the flexor tendons as they pass around the back of the fetlock. A strong strap of fibrous tissue, the annular ligament, sits like a belt around
