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Front Foot Flick

Dean Scoggins, DVM February 1, 2002

My Tennessee Walking Horse often “flicks” his left front foot when putting it forward. What could cause this?

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Gait To Gate

Willem Back, DVM, PhD October 18, 2001

The scene at a horse sale is familiar. The smell of coffee fills the air as early morning enthusiasts walk through the barns. A first-time-off-the-farm filly whinnies as her dam is trotted down the aisle for a group watching her stride. A man”P>The scene at a horse sale is familiar. The smell of coffee fills the air as early morning enthusiasts walk throug

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Navicular Syndrome

Fran Jurga October 10, 2001

Most veterinarians and farriers agree that navicular-type lameness is the foot’s response to stress, particularly repetitive stress that can put uneven pressure on different parts of the horse’s foot.

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Equine Performance Center Opens

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director July 7, 2001

Health care for the nation’s horse population entered a new era June 7 when the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center officially opened at Michigan State University.

Occupying more than 18,000 square feet of space, the center

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Form and Function of Joints

Les Sellnow June 1, 2001

There is a definite correlation between joint angle, hoof flight pattern, and weight bearing. One might even wax a bit poetic and declare that as the joint angles, so flies and lands the hoof. That’s where the poetry ends, however, because if

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McPhail Center Opens

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director August 1, 2000

On June 7, understanding of the movement of a horse made significant strides with the opening of the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center at Michigan State University (MSU). This 18,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will allow to

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Gait Analysis

Karen Briggs September 1, 1999

Ever since the 1880s, when Edweard Muybridge set up a series of cameras to capture the character of footfalls of a racehorse, we’ve been fascinated by how horses move. No doubt you’ve seen that early sequence of photos, which demonstrated that

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