Therapeutic Shoeing
Some 97% of full-time farriers indicate they do therapeutic shoeing while 82% of part-time farriers handle this kind of work.
— 2016 American Farriers Journal Farrier Benchmark Study
What Is The Typical Age Of Horses In The United States?
Data collected from horse owners indicates that:
- 1.4% of animals are less than 30 days old.
- 2.9% are 31 days to less than 6 months old.
- 18.6% are 6 months to less than 5 years old.
- 65.6% are 5 years to less than 20 years old.
- 1.5% are 30 years of age or older.
From 1998 to 2015, the number of animals over 20 years old increased from 5.6% to11.4%, indicating that senior horses are being managed much better today to an older age.
— Changes in the U.S. Equine Industry Report, 1998-2015, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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