Both the amount and rate of change involved in third phalanx displacement within the hoof capsule is clinically significant in any hoof lameness diagnosis of the performance horse.
Last issue, we shared some of the responses we received to an e-mail we sent out asking our readers to let us know what landmarks they use to guide their trimming. Responses continue coming in and we thought we’d share some more of them with you.
Additional research is needed to fully understand navicular disease and injuries to the structures involved with these situations, maintains Tracy Turner.
I have an older mare with a foundered front hoof. The mare stays shod year-round for comfort. I’ve been shoeing her for 3 years and it seems that within the last year, the hoof capsule is changing shape
This article does not announce a new cure for laminitis. It is also not being written to suggest disregarding other existing methods of treating laminitis or to try to imply that they are wrong.
For too long, the horse industry and specifically farriers and equine veterinarians have looked at hoof capsule distortion (HCD) as an event that can simply be altered with a rasp, wedge pads, clips, bar shoes, etc.
Stephen O’Grady, the International Equine Veterinarian Hall Of Fame member, who operates Northern Virginia Equine in Marshall, Va., shared a variety of ideas with attendees at the Wisconsin Equine Practitioners Association fall continuing education recently.
As a hoof-care consultant, I run into some truly unusual cases now and then, but on a whole, the cases I see usually involve the same problems — deep thrush, quarter cracks, white line disease, chronic abscessing and sore heels.
Greg Martin, CJF, of Boerne, Texas, takes the unique approach of marketing his hoof-care practice with a Christmas parade float in Boerne and Comfort, Texas. The award-winning float boasts a variety of surprising features.
Centered around Advancing Hoof Health Through Innovation & Expertise, the International Hoof-Care Summit is returning for its 22nd Annual event in Kansas City, Mo., on Jan. 21-24, 2025.
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Kawell develops and produces copper alloy horseshoes and inserts, giving horses the care that they need to fight issues associated with white line disease, seedy toe and thrush.
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