Sentence examples for single hoof from inspiring English sources
In the horse only the third digit remains, covered at the tip by a single hoof.
The single hoof of the equids the only mammals to walk on the tips of single digits is the most highly developed structure of this kind among mammals.
Previous work has found that rubber is particularly beneficial for lame animals, perhaps because a softer material is particularly useful when a single hoof is compromised.
Given the variation in temperature of the hooves of normal animals under various environmental conditions the use of a single threshold hoof temperature will be at best a modest predictive indicator of early FMD, even if ambient temperature is factored into the evaluation.
LONDON — Though Mitt Romney has said he is "very pleased" that the dressage horse his wife, Ann, co-owns will be making its Olympic debut in London games, his campaign has made sure that Mr. Romney will be long gone — and hundreds of miles away — before a single prancing hoof hits the ring.
Over millennia, a single hard hoof evolved from the middle toe, while the other toes gradually disappeared into the tiny vestigial remnants that are found today on the lower leg bones.
He says that the confirmation of just a single case of hoof-and-mouth disease in this country would shut down the export of all animal products, a $60 billion industry, within 24 hours.
The qilin is a mythical creature with the body of a deer, the tail of an ox, the hooves of a horse and a single horn.
A single observer who was experienced in hoof examination scored all the animals on both occasions and preliminary scoring was carried out to verify repeatability of results.
They poured plaster into gluey molds made from ground animal hooves and hides; a single sculpture could measure two feet tall and require a dozen separate molds.
Conformation of the extremities was recorded as abnormal in cases of obvious angular or flexural limb deformities or small or badly shaped hooves not correctable with a single trimming.
