Prevention and treatment for problems of the equine foot
We are ready for a new season of fun riding or competing. The question that must be answered at this point is this: How ready are our horses? In some cases, the answer is that they are kept ready all year long.
Lush pasture is the arch enemy of horses susceptible to laminitis and founder.
Does the sound of sleigh bells set your nerves on edge, anticipating a wreck on the icy patch down the road? Do you dream of the day next spring when you will be able to see your horse below his knees? Do you lie awake at night designing
The more you read about white line disease, and the more you talk to farriers and veterinarians about it, the more you think there might be some wisdom to those who shrug and say, White line disease? Never see it. Not in any of my clients’ horses. “he more you read about white line disease, and the more you talk to f
Tips for forging a productive information exchange with your farrier.
A Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine researcher has pieced together a new picture of equine foot physiology that suggests vascular systems in horse hooves function in much the same way that air- or
Hard surfaces come in many forms. There’s that parking lot where you lunged your horse last weekend at the horse show. There’s that cracked-clay pasture where your horse was turned out all last summer. There’s that poor-excuse-for-an-arena down at th
An egg bar is simply an oval-shaped horseshoe. Where the heels would normally end, they keep going–but in a circular direction, creating an oval back to the shoe.
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The 17th annual meeting of the Association for Equine Sports Medicine was held in Leesburg, Va., from March 5-8. The meeting was attended by 400 veterinarians, sports physiology researchers, as well as others interested in equin
Hoof cracks can be as simple as something that merely irritates the observer from an aesthetic point of view to something so serious that the horse is dead lame and unable to perform. Hoof cracks come in a variety of types and sizes, and they
A foal born with club feet or a young, growing horse which develops the condition can be both a mystery and a problem for the owner and the veterinarian in charge of treatment. The condition can be mysterious because many factors might be
As with most problems, hoof care crises are best handled by those who are prepared. If you are going to a show or competition find out ahead of time which veterinarian and farrier are available to take care of your horse.
Navicular disease once was called ‘the last resort of the diagnostically destitute (practitioner),’ based on the syndrome’s ambiguous symptoms and the practitioner’s inability to isolate definitely the source of the horse’
Soft tissue injury sounds like a vague diagnosis, designed to frustrate the owner, but it is a legitimate set of sports injuries that can disable your horse.
What can you do to prepare your horses’ feet for winter? Here are a few tips.
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