the condition where the animal is healthy and free from hereditary disease, defects in conformation or injury that may lead to unsoundness so as to diminish his natural usefulness
The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.
A property of stone used to describe relative freedom from cracks, faults, and similar imperfections in the untreated stone. One of the characteristics encountered in fabrication.
The state of mental and physical health when all organs and faculties are complete and functioning normally, each in its rightful relation to the other.