Mention horseshoeing in the Miami, Okla., area and one name comes up, Rocky LaFalier. The Bartlett, Kan., farrier has been shoeing and trimming horses hooves since he took a class at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M more than 35 years ago.
Cresty necks long have been considered a harbinger of equine metabolic problems, including a risk factor for laminitis. New research casts a shadow on this long-held belief.
Loss of hoof wall could be the result of several factors including injury, disease, and infection. Often a horse can lose what appears to be massive amounts of wall, but still be sound and moving well. Other times the smallest crack can result in lameness. The important factors are the location and cause of the damage.
Research sometimes has to accumulate incrementally over decades until a cohesive understanding emerges. In other situations, a single study can instantly and fundamentally change the dogma in a profound way.
Horses are at increased risk for laminitis when grass begins to grow in the spring, providing abundant forage that is high in moisture and carbohydrates but low in fiber. Autumn is also a high-risk time for grazing horses for a somewhat different reason.
Horses that come into contact with black walnut byproducts usually fall victim to laminitis. Repeat: usually, not might or could. The likelihood of laminitis is profound.
Ever have a client with a first-time laminitic horse that had a hard time fully understanding what this dreadful disease is all about? If so, you might want to define it in the simple, harsh and easy-to-understand terms used by Bo Brock, a veterinarian in Lamesa, Texas.
In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.
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