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Linear elastic models commonly have been used when testing or modeling the material properties of the hoof wall. However, the stress-strain relationship for keratin in a highly deformable structure such as the hoof is nonlinear.
Researchers in Louisiana examined the effects of five different types of horseshoes with different amounts of traction compared with being barefoot on the distribution of forces at the ground surface when a horse was trotting across a concrete force plate.
Working with an attending farrier, veterinarians at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine examined the immediate effects of routine trimming and shoeing on the hoof conformation and gait of clinically normal horses.
Researchers in Germany compared hoof loading patterns of 16 sound horses and ponies as controls with those of 17 equids that recently recovered from acute laminitis and 21 animals that had recovered from laminitis 6-12 weeks before the study.
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Veterinarians from Colorado and Texas conducted a retrospective study of lameness in Western performance horses describing the location and type of lameness observed.
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.
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