Hoof-Care Triage
...it’s hard to keep calm when you arrive at the barn to find your horse three-legged lame or with some foreign object spearing the sole of his foot…
...it’s hard to keep calm when you arrive at the barn to find your horse three-legged lame or with some foreign object spearing the sole of his foot…
Abnormal hoof conformation has become so very common that many horse owners and veterinarians have become “numb” to it.
Although most of the research on these injuries has involved racehorses, sport horses and general-purpose riding horses are not exempt….....
One of the many tools farriers use in shoeing horses is the clips they strategically build into horse shoes.
...there’s a telltale sign practitioners can assess to gauge a horse’s likelihood of recovering from a laminitic episode: the perfusion (or the amount of blood that fills) the hoof’s corium…
Lameness caused by foot problems is common in the horse, and it can significantly impact how well a horse can perform.