When the blood merely oozes from the wound, and even when it flows in a small stream, the forming of the clot arrests the hemorrhage in a comparatively short time.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
It is well to call attention to the fact that the dark-red blood which flows or oozes from a wound soon becomes bright red, because it gives up its carbonic-acid gas to the air, and absorbs oxygen gas from the air, which is exactly the change it undergoes in the capillaries of the lungs.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
If there be a separation of the hoof at the top from the skin, and if a white frothy substance oozes out at this break, it is a sure sign that irreparable injury has been done.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie