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How Drinking Water Affects Hoof Quality

The chemical interactions between minerals in hooves and drinking water can have a significant impact on equine nutrition
By Dr. Gary Pusillo posted on December 1, 2001 | Posted in Nutrition
Countless horse supplements and feeds exist, each claiming to be the “best,” the “optimum,” “your assurance of maximum performance” or featuring a slogan like “insurance for perfect health.”
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Keeping It Clean

Mounted vacuum provides cheap alternative to messy shoeing rig
By Michael Austin posted on December 1, 2001 | Posted in Equipment
The mess in his rig at the end of the day can be unbearable for farrier Jeff Smuck of Alden, Iowa.
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Getting Antibiotics To Where They're Most Needed

If you don't knock out the infection inside the hoof, all of your careful work on the hoof capsule and outer tissues can be wasted
By Carlos Rodriguez posted on December 1, 2001 | Posted in Diseases
Treating infections inside the equine hoof always represents a major problem. Horses are mostly affected by large amounts of bacterial contamination, necrotic tissues, fluid coming from the laminae or from the joints inside the hoof capsule.
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Helping Navicular Syndrome With Heel Height, Angles

December 1, 2001 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
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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Could You Forge This Shoe in 12 Minutes?

Follow minute-by-minute as former reserve world champion blacksmith James Blurton forges a front pleasure shoe
By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 2001 | Posted in Forging
Turning a bar of steel into a finished shoe in 12 minutes certainly takes plenty of forging skills and the ability to work fast.
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