Palmar Angles Effect on Laminitic Horse Hooves

 A team of researchers from New Zealand recently put one of the most common treatment methods to the test using biomechanical models, however, and found that it might not be as effective in treating the clinical signs of the disease as once thought.

Laminitis is a disease that compromises the laminar junction, a 3-4 mm layer of soft tissue connecting the hoof wall to the coffin bone. In horses affected by laminitis, the coffin bone rotates within the hoof capsule, creating pain caused by abnormal pressure on some structures in the leg and foot. Read More…