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Equine Diagnostic Imaging: What Must a Farrier Know?

September 20, 2024 | Posted in Anatomy, Education, Shoeing
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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Modern Materials: Gimmick or Game-Changer

September 20, 2024 | Posted in Anatomy, Education, Shoeing
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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Stabilizing P3 Fractures with a Novel Sole-Hoof Wall Immobilization Technique

September 20, 2024 | Posted in Anatomy, Education, Lamenesses, Safety & Healthcare, Shoeing
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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UC Davis Treats White Line Disease with Surgical Laser

Innovative approach eliminates previously undetectable pockets of bacteria and fungus
By Allison Armstrong Rehnborg posted on September 10, 2019 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses
From diagnosis to management, white line disease presents a multitude of challenges for the farrier, the veterinarian and the horse owner. An umbrella term for infections that attack the innermost layers of the hoof, white line disease often has multiple pathologies, which can make it difficult to treat successfully.
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