How much are farriers involved in the management of equine endocrine diseases that are related to the foot? Researchers are conducting a survey to find out.
Over the years, farriers have shared various techniques for applying packing to horses’ feet. While some farriers use a bilge cloth or soufflé cup to apply hoof packing, a Texas farrier not only uses an easy method for applying it, but also for making it.
Veterinarians from Colorado and Texas conducted a retrospective study of lameness in Western performance horses describing the location and type of lameness observed.
Researchers from the United States and Columbia conducted a radiographic survey to measure and describe the relationship between the coffin bone and the hoof capsule of Columbian Paso Fino horses.
You’re shoeing a horse that’s in need of frog support, but you don’t have heart-bar shoes or a way to weld a frog plate into a shoe. What are some alternatives for creating frog support?
Sedating horses that are unruly or in pain has its place in the industry. It benefits both the horse and the farrier. What doesn’t have a place, though, are farriers administering intravenous sedatives.
Does a horse on your client roster need relief from concussion-induced pain? An Alabama farrier might have an effective solution to incorporate into your hoof-care practice.
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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