Articles Tagged with ''hoof testers''

How Does Your Practice Compare?

See how your business measures up with other farriers

April 11, 2019 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients, Education, Equipment, Nutrition

At each year’s International Hoof-Care Summit, attendees are asked to fill out surveys to help American Farriers Journal staff learn more about farrier wants and needs.

Friday’s Farrier Facts & Figures

Hoof Testers | Model Veterinary Practice Act

November 16, 2018 | Posted in Business Practices, Education

This week's facts and figures... How Often Do You Use Hoof Testers? The American Veterinary Medical Association Maintains That “farriery exists well outside of the definition of veterinary medicine and does not need to be included in the Model Veterinary Practice Act (MVPA).” Do You Agree? This edition of Farrier Facts & Figures is brought to you by Markel Insurance Co.

Shoeing for a Living

Freedom is the Nature of His Business

Oregon farrier molds his practice to provide quality hoof-care, while enjoying the High Desert of the Pacific Northwest

By Jeff Cota posted on January 6, 2018 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients, Diseases, Lamenesses, Shoeing, Therapeutic Shoeing

An Oregon farrier molds his practice to provide quality hoof-care, while enjoying the High Desert of the Pacific Northwest.

Poll: Hoof Testers

July 21, 2016 | Posted in Equipment

How often do you use hoof testers?

Diagnosing Issues with the Navicular Apparatus

Farrier and veterinarian Scott Pleasant discusses common causes and ways to recognize navicular disease

By Jeremy McGovern posted on July 4, 2016 | Posted in Anatomy, Lamenesses, Therapeutic Shoeing

The palmar digital nerve block has long been used to detect lameness in the back half of the foot — commonly identified as “palmar foot pain.”

A Systematic Approach To Foot Infections

By Jeff Cota posted on May 9, 2016 | Posted in Anatomy, Clients, Education, Diseases, Lamenesses, Therapeutic Shoeing

The interaction that the equine foot constantly has with the environment naturally makes it susceptible to injury or trauma.

Success With Hoof Testers Requires A Systematic Approach

An open discussion of this veterinarian-farrier tool results in ideas on avoiding common mistakes

By Jeremy McGovern posted on April 4, 2016 | Posted in Equipment, Diseases, Shoeing

Bras questioned whether veterinarians and farriers in attendance will go directly to a foot suspected of being lame. He finds that this is a mistake, and his approach is to begin the test elsewhere.

Online Extras: April 2016 Issue

April 1, 2016

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

More advice for using glue-ons
Research from the RVC on hoof testers
Better rasping practices
Special, free eBook on licensing

Different Approaches To An Old Problem

By Red Renchin posted on April 1, 2015 | Posted in Diseases

The scenario can begin in different ways. One involves you pulling the shoes, trimming the feet and noticing a small cavity just inside the white line. Picking up a nail, you give it a scratch and a powder-like substance comes out. More scratching leaves you part way up the hoof wall. Another involves having a horse with hoof walls separating in the most distal part of the foot. While probing the separation, you discover that not only is it separated at the bottom, it goes much higher.

A Firm Grasp of “Normal” Helps Find True Hoof Ailments

A stepwise approach guides farriers and vets in treatment of ailing feet

By Jeff Cota posted on December 1, 2014 | Posted in Anatomy

The equine foot is an amazing structure.

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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary

American Farriers Journal is excited and honored to celebrate its 50th anniversary of publishing the hands-on magazine for hoof-care professionals. Learn more about our special edition, which comes out in December 2024.

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Michigan Horseshoers Association 55th Annual Clinic

Date: 01/02/25

Location: Lansing, MI

The Michigan Horseshoers Association will host its 55th annual clinic Jan. 2-4, 2025 in East Lansing, Mich.

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