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Epidemic Hit Shoers' Pocketbooks Hard

Australian farriers lost an average of 76 days work during a 7-month long equine-influenza quarantine
By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2008 | Posted in Diseases
If a serious equine disease outbreak were to limit your travel and work, let’s hope you don’t find yourself in the same situation as Bryn Jones. After an equine influenza (EI) outbreak hit Australia last August, the “down-under” farrier lost 130 days of work over the next 7 months.
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Dealing With Metabolic Laminitis

How your clients can prevent it or improve quality of life for horses who already have it
By Christy West posted on May 1, 2008 | Posted in Diseases
The metabolism of a horse is quite complex, but were learning more about it all the time, including what hormones affect metabolism in such a way as to cause laminitis.
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Diagnostic Imaging For Lameness

Clinicians describe the use of X-rays, venograms, ultrasound, and MRIs for tough foot-pain cases
By Christy West posted on April 1, 2008 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses

X-rays, ultrasound, MRIs and other diagnostic imaging methods might not often cross a farrier’s path. But when they do, they offer a tremendous opportunity to learn about the inner workings of the horse’s foot as well as information to help that particular case.


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Flies are the Worst -- Deal With it!

Commercial sprays have their place, but also limitations, so farriers have found ways to provide relief from biting insects for themselves and their horses
By Ron Perszewski posted on March 1, 2008 | Posted in Diseases
The votes are in, and the flies have it! By a nearly 4-to-1 margin, flies were chosen as the worst insect pest by the nearly 200 farriers who responded to an informal survey by American Farriers Journal.
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Laminitis Puzzle in the Spotlight

Florida conference tackles laminitis and other foot problems
By Christy West posted on January 1, 2008 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses

Laminitis continues to be an all too common, devastating mystery — extremely painful for affected horses, frustrating for those treating them and sometimes ruinous to equine businesses. We don’t yet know how to prevent it 100%, and we can’t always treat it effectively enough to bring affected horses back to work.


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Wedge Pads Prove Effective For His Navicular Cases

Oklahoma vet says simple shoeing combination has an impressive track record of success
By Jack Roth posted on January 1, 2008 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses

When I was in horseshoeing school, the slipper shoe treatment for navicular disease seemed like just the ticket. The idea was that by beveling the hoof surface of the shoe from the quarters back to the heels, you would force the heels outward and relieve the compression stresses on the internal structures of the hoof.


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Research Journal: December 2007

By Albert Kane posted on December 1, 2007 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses
Force plate measurements are commonly used to evaluate lameness in saddle horses. This experimental study was designed to determine if breed differences influence ground reaction forces measured in sound and lame warmbloods and Quarter Horses.
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Equine Cushing’s and Insulin Resistance (ECIR) Group Inc. is hosting a webinar titled "PPID and the Seasonal Rise" at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. Dr. Eleanor M. Kellon and Dr. Kathleen M. Gustafson are the clinicians.

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