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Regrowing A Hoof

I was recently called to take a look at a horse that a client purchased for his daughter. Basically, the horse was given to him because of the condition of one hoof.
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Nutrition Update

Equine Diet and White Line Disease

Scottish researcher describes the connection between nutrition and the malady

Nutrition has long been known to be an important factor in developing healthy equine feet, but Susan Kempson made it clear to an audience at the International Hoof-Care Summit that diet can also play a role in causing feet to breakdown.


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Laminitis Data Available Online

Australian researcher Chris Pollitt posts research papers on Web for educational purposes

There are very few people who have done more to advance the understanding of laminitis than Dr. Christopher Pollitt, director of the Australian Equine Laminitis Research Unit at the University of Queensland.


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Research Journal

A retrospective case series was used to identify the types of problems associated with lameness and poor performance among barrel racing horses presented for these complaints.


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EXPERIENCE MATTERS

Navicular Problems Can Trap Farriers

Horseshoers can make first assessment of potential navicular problems, but ultimate diagnosis requires veterinary involvement to avoid liability

Farriers beware. Avoid diagnosing a horse with navicular disease, a problem that even experienced equine veterinarians using high-technology cannot always determine with absolute certainty.


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Laminitis: What Comes First?

Scottish researcher offers alternative to widely held theory
Susan Kempson may have caused the biggest single splash at the third annual International Hoof-Care Summit when she shared her theory on what is the initial event in laminitis — a theory that many farriers in the audience obviously felt mirrored their own observations.
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Tracking, Treating and Thwarting Thrush

To effectively treat thrush, the farrier sometimes needs to play detective to ferret out the root causes of the bacterial infection

The smell says it all. The unmistakable rotting odor emanating from a hoof, usually accompanied by a black-colored discharge under or around the frog, deep sulcus, cracks or crevices within the hoof — these are the first tell-tale signs that you’re dealing with the organism, Spherophorus neaophorus, otherwise known as thrush.


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