Fran Jurga
Fran Jurga is the publisher of Hoofcare & Lameness, The Journal of Equine Foot Science, based in Gloucester, Mass., and Hoofcare Online, an electronic newsletter accessible at www.hoofcare.com. Her work also includes promoting lameness-related research and information for practical use by farriers, veterinarians, and horse owners. Jurga authored Understanding The Equine Foot, published by Eclipse Press and available at www.exclusivelyequine.com or by calling 800/582-5604.
Articles by Fran Jurga
Working Horses on Hard Surfaces
September 01, 1998
Hard surfaces come in many forms. There's that parking lot where you lunged your horse last weekend at the horse show. There's that cracked-clay pasture where your horse was turned out all last summer. There's that poor-excuse-for-an-arena down at th Read More
Egg Bar Shoes
August 01, 1998
An egg bar is simply an oval-shaped horseshoe. Where the heels would normally end, they keep going--but in a circular direction, creating an oval back to the shoe. Read More
Where Did All The Farriers Go? The AFA Convention
July 01, 1998
Farriers want to know about "stuff" that can make their jobs easier and make their clients' horses more sound, or help with lameness problems. Read More
Navicular Bursography
March 01, 1998
Navicular disease once was called 'the last resort of the diagnostically destitute (practitioner),' based on the syndrome's ambiguous symptoms and the practitioner's inability to isolate definitely the source of the horse' Read More
Soft Tissue Injuries in the Equine Foot: Dancing in the Dark
February 01, 1998
"Soft tissue injury" sounds like a vague diagnosis, designed to frustrate the owner, but it is a legitimate set of sports injuries that can disable your horse. With new diagnostic tools, such as nuclear scintigraphy, you might be able to obtain Read More
Winter Hoof Care For Horses
January 01, 1998
Most normal-footed horses should benefit from a few months without shoes and nails, although they still will require trimming. Hoof growth tends to slow a bit in the winter, but you still should have the farrier come, particularly if the feet Read More
Thrush and Advice for the Hoof-sore
November 01, 1997
What is the relationship between chronic, severe thrush and my horse's contracted heels? Read More
Nitroglycerine for Laminitis: Use Caution
October 01, 1997
One California farrier saw the nitroglycerine patches used on a miniature horse which had suffered repeated bouts of acute laminitis. The patches were credited with swift recovery. Read More
Decoding the Laminitis Mystery
June 01, 1996
Laminitis and founder are two words in the lexicon of the horse that are guaranteed to elicit a definite response, whether it is a painful memory for a horse owner, a recurring anxiety for a breeder, a shoeing dilemma for a farrier, a complex prognos Read More
