Articles Tagged with ''treatment''

Steve Wisnieski

Unorthodox Approach Succeeds in White Line Case

Size and weight of affected Percheron led to emphasis on providing support
Samson is a 6-year-old Percheron gelding. He stands approximately 17.2 hands and weighs about 1,700 lbs. Prior to this incident of white line disease (WLD), he had been a perfectly healthy horse and had been under my care as both a trainer and farrier.
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Preventing and Treating Laminitis

A look at some advice farriers can share with horse owners
As a farrier, you understand that the unfortunate irony of treating a horse with laminitis is that in many cases, the disease could have been prevented. As a hoof-care professional, you are familiar with the signs of laminitis. But many horse owners are not — particularly the increasingly common type of horse owner who didn’t grow up with horses.
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Researchers in the Equine Foot Laboratory at Michigan State University recently examined the inner hoof wall in fetal, newborn and yearling horses to describe structural changes that occur in the epidermal laminae from fetal development to yearling age.


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A Horse Owners’ Abscess Primer

Abscesses are internal infections of the foot, like a blood blister or a pimple. But because they are internal and there is no room for swelling within the foot, they are excruciatingly painful for the horse.
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