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International Hoof-Care Summit

Equine Diagnostic Imaging: What Must a Farrier Know?

In his role as the University of California-Davis farrier, Shane Westman has the rare opportunity to apply various modern materials on horses at the veterinary teaching hospital. Westman explores the world of materials beyond steel that are available to today’s farrier. He’ll review their uses, benefits, and drawbacks.
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International Hoof-Care Summit

Modern Materials: Gimmick or Game-Changer

In his role as the University of California-Davis farrier, Shane Westman has the rare opportunity to apply various modern materials on horses at the veterinary teaching hospital. Westman explores the world of materials beyond steel that are available to today’s farrier. He’ll review their uses, benefits, and drawbacks.
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International Hoof-Care Summit

Stabilizing P3 Fractures with a Novel Sole-Hoof Wall Immobilization Technique

Shane Westman, farrier at the University of California-Davis explores his research that earned him a graduate diploma in equine locomotor research from the Royal Veterinary College. The study, published in 2024 in Veterinary Surgery, evaluates a novel hoof immobilization technique on the fracture gap width in experimentally created type 3 distal phalanx fractures in cadaver specimens under simulated physiologic loads.
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Therapeutic Hoof Care

Learning the Tools of the Trade

Sound principles, craftsmanship and technology are the basics to success in this challenging work

For many farriers, the first exposure to a therapeutic shoeing situation comes unexpectedly. They arrive at a barn — perhaps after a frantic phone call from a client — and find a horse who has suffered an injury.


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