While some aspects of this scientifically proven trimming method are not new, they’ve been forgotten or under-utilized by many hoof-care professionals maintains this researcher
More than 10 years of intensive research at Michigan State University has resulted in new recommendations for relief from navicular syndrome and other chronic foot ailments.
In our practice, we work with a number of veterinarians and service several “rescue” facilities. The entire team — owner, veterinarian and farrier — must carefully evaluate each case.
When Esco Buff arranges a shoeing appointment, he adds travel time from the previous barn before scheduling the next customer. The Ontario, N.Y., farrier uses these scheduling requirements:
Navicular Syndrome has been a problem for horses even longer than most of us realize; more than 3 million years, according to a researcher who has been studying fossil navicular bones from horses that lived in that age.
Q: I’m currently working on a mare that has navicular syndrome. Her hoof capsule is in alignment with her pasterns and I have a wedge pad on her. The angles are at 54 degrees and she’s shown improvement since I’ve started working on her.I’ve found it difficult to raise her angle much more with a natural foot, but the owner insists that the hoof angles be raised. Can putting too much heel on this horse make her worse?
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