fetlock-gall

Updated: May 26, 2025

This condition is known among horsemen as "wind-gall" or "fetlock-gall." The sheath of the flexor tendons, which begins about the middle portion of the lower third of the metacarpus, and continues downward below the pastern joint is often distended.

John Victor Lacroix - Lameness of the Horse: Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1