Keratomas can appear cylindrical, looking like columns deep behind the hoof wall and oriented parallel to the horn tubules. These masses typically present as aberrant columnar-shaped proliferation and thickening of keratin within the horn that extends toward the inside of the hoof.

This Week: Hoof-care professionals across the country and the ocean are sharing what they know with others in the industry through social media, webinars and videos. Here are a few of our favorites. Hoof-Care Highlights is brought to you by Kawell USA.

After 60 years as a farrier, including 14 years as head of Farrier Services at Cornell University, Steve Kraus has seen almost every hoof pathology that one can imagine — and quite a bit more that one can’t. In this session, the International Horseshoeing Hall of Famer shares a compilation of various hoof injuries, fractures, keratomas and serious infections that require teamwork between veterinarians and farriers. He details the shoeing solutions that put these patients backs to work.