Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of leg lameness
Researchers say inertial measurement units could aid in more accurate veterinary diagnoses and performance evaluations.
Research has provided farriers with a better understanding of how weight-bearing and loading affect hoof wall growth.
Sedation and bandaging can help buy time for a thorough exam and to make a thoughtful decision about the horse’s future.
Researchers confirmed that footing properties could impact dressage horses’ risk for suspensory ligament injury.
Horses with asymmetric feet have altered loading patterns, which could lead to lameness and possibly early retirement.
Underrun heels can contribute to problems such as chronic heel pain, bruising, lameness, reduced performance, and more.
Learn about what’s cutting-edge in the world of equine hoof care from our 2017 International Hoof Care Summit coverage.
A farrier shares ways he addresses issues in the caudal aspect of the horse’s foot.
What do a dish, a crack, a flare, and a sheared heel have in common? All are hoof distortions.
Find out why understanding hoof biomechanics is important when making trimming and shoeing decisions for your horse.
Learn about the intricacies of treating and shoeing horses with white line disease.
The gene appears to affect horses’ muscular ability to carry out specific gaits, such as the tolt in Icelandics.
Thermography is a noninvasive, safe, and cost-effective diagnostic imaging tool used in equine health care.
Vets can glean crucial information by evaluating horses with performance issues in hand, on the longe, and under saddle.
Veterinarians discuss how they diagnose and treat injuries to the collateral ligament, DDFT, navicular bursa, and more.
Horses can appear lame in the front limb when the real lameness is the hind limb on the same side, researchers found.
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