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Puncture Wounds

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Foot/Lower Leg Wounds and Treatment

Christy M. West January 29, 2002

When you find your horse with a severe wound of the hoof or lower leg, you likely want to clean it up, remove any foreign matter such as fence wire, and apply antibiotics, right? However, this could make evaluation by your veterinarian more

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Puncture Wounds in the Foot

Christina S. Cable, DVM, Dipl. ACVS October 9, 2001

Within this subject, it is also a good time to discuss simple foot abscesses, as they are a common–and often the best possible–outcome for a puncture wound to the foot. Generally before infection can take hold, the puncture must penetrate the dead

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