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Contracted Heels

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Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium: Correcting Crushed Heels We've all seen them, and many of us have owned them--those horses with no heels to speak of. We know that "strong" heels are important for soundness, but what can we do to rebuild those crushed, underrun heels? At the 2007 Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium, Richard Mansmann, VMD, PhD, clinical professor and director of the North Carolina State University ... Read full story	5/1/2007
The 18th Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium Returns in 2007 The 18th Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium will return to Louisville, Ky., in 2007 with a full slate of international speakers sharing information on the diagnosis and treatment of laminitis and other diseases involving the equine foot. The Symposium is slated for Jan. 25-28, 2007 at the Galt House Hotel & Suites and is open to the public. Topics ... Read full story	5/12/2006
Shoeing in the Frontal and Horizontal Planes When evaluating horseshoeing, many people don't look at the hoof correctly, according to Hans Castelijns, DVM and farrier based in Italy. "There are the sagittal, frontal, and horizontal planes (illustration included in this story)," he said in his presentation "Shoeing in the Frontal and Horizontal Planes" at the 16th annual Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium ... Read full story	4/16/2003
The Natural Hoof: A Sign of the Times The popular image of the American "wild" horse has gone through a lot of changes in recent years. Once the epitome of the wild and free animal in a Marlboro cigarette commercial, the wild horse soon was denigrated to the enemy of the Western rancher, a competitor for forage with valuable cattle during years of drought. Then came the Bureau of Land ... Read full story	10/10/2001
Sheared Heels: Nature or Nurture? Have you ever paid attention to the way people walk? Some are pigeon-toed, others are "duck-footed." Some wear the insides of their shoe heels; others do just the opposite. Yet, most are perfectly "sound" and healthy. The same principle is true for most horses, asserts farrier Rob Sigafoos of the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center in ... Read full story	9/1/1999
Egg Bar Shoes She was holding the lead line so tightly her knuckles were white. Her eyes were glued to the farrier's fingers as they felt the horse's coronary band. Then she looked into the eyes of the veterinarian and wailed, "You've got to do something! I have to show this horse this weekend, and he can't go to a horse show wearing a bar shoe. No one will ever ... Read full story	8/1/1998
Advice for the Hoofsore Q: What is the relationship between chronic, severe thrush and my horse's contracted heels? A: Thrush and contracted heels often go hand-in-hand...but by the time a veterinarian or farrier is called to help the horse, it is hard to tell which came first, particularly because so much "ordinary" thrush goes untreated. Some owners think horses' feet ... Read full story	11/1/1997
The Art of Therapeutic Shoeing Michael J. Wildenstein, resident farrier at Cornell University's large animal clinic, has approximately 400 different types of therapeutic shoes hanging on the wall of his clinic. Each one, he says, was made for a particular lameness or disease problem to fit an individual horse: aluminum shoes for a fatiguing jumper, plastic shoes for an endurance ... Read full story	11/1/1997