Recent News for Hoof Problems
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Canadian Equine Research
April 01, 1999
The University of Guelph, located in Ontario, Canada, is home of the world renowned Ontario Veterinary College (OVC). The university is a research-intensive and student-oriented facility. Its written mission is to serve society and to enhance th... Read More
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Deep Digital Flexor Tenotomy As a Treatment for Chronic Laminitis
March 01, 1999
Deep digital flexor tenotomy is a surgical alternative that transects the deep digital flexor tendon in the mid-cannon bone region. This major tendon runs down the back of the horse's leg and attaches to the back of the coffin bone. ... Read More
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Pasture Paranoia: Laminitis Prevention
February 01, 1999
Lush pasture is the arch enemy of horses susceptible to laminitis and founder. Yet few horse owners can resist the kindness of turning horses out in green meadows, and do so with the best intentions. Horses most at risk include ponies and overweight... Read More
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Hoof Wall and White Line Disease
November 01, 1998
The more you read about white line disease, and the more you talk to farriers and veterinarians about it, the more you think there might be some wisdom to those who shrug and say, "White line disease? Never see it. Not in any of my clients' horses." ... Read More
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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
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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
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Understanding Hoof Cracks
June 01, 1998
Hoof cracks can be as simple as something that merely irritates the observer from an aesthetic point of view to something so serious that the horse is dead lame and unable to perform. Hoof cracks come in a variety of types and sizes, and they... Read More
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Equine Back Problems
May 01, 1998
Equine back problems are common, particularly in performance horses. The conditions involved can be primary or can result from lameness, ill-fitting tack, or even inadequate schooling. It is noteworthy that the most common reaso... Read More
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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
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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
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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
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Thrush Prevention
November 01, 1997
Thrush is a very common word for those of us who have been spent any amount of time around horses. It is one of the more common diseases of the equine hoof. But does everyone know what thrush is? How do you prevent it, or how do you treat it once it ... Read More
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The Art of Therapeutic Shoeing
November 01, 1997
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... Read More
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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
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Hind End Lameness
October 01, 1997
I have a 4-year-old hunter who has become lame in his hind end. He routinely goes over 2' 6" jumps, but never anything larger. Being only 5'3", I do not think that my problem is the weight I am asking him to carry. There are... Read More
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Neurectomy for Navicular
October 01, 1997
While untenable pain due to navicular syndrome and caudal heel syndrome is the most common cause of performance horses' being nerved, Madison said in Thoroughbred racehorses a wing fracture of the coffin bone often necessitates a neurectomy. ... Read More
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Pelvic Fractures
January 01, 1997
Q: My horse was sound when he was turned out one night, and the next morning he was lame in the hind end. It took quite a few diagnostics by my veterinarian before it was determined that he had suffered a slight pelvic fracture. How common is this...... Read More
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Nerve Blocks of the Lower Limb
October 01, 1996
When a veterinarian performs a lameness examination, he or she often will use nerve blocks to try and determine the location of the problem. The areas are "blocked" so that they become numb to pain, revealing which structures are involved in... Read More
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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
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Dorsiflexion and Carpal Damage
February 01, 1996
Last time we talked about carpal arthrosis, pointing out that too much bowing--dorsiflexion--of the foreleg at the knee was the immediate cause of damage to the articular cartilage. Further, with a bit of mechanics, we saw that too much... Read More
