Nutrition and supplementation have an important role to play in the health of the equine hoof. Minerals such as zinc, copper and manganese are critical to skin and hoof integrity, says Dr. Dean Meyer, equine veterinarian. 

J. R. Lund, a resident and clinical instructor in diagnostic imaging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine, described how a new standing helical computed tomography (CT) scanner named Equina works when she spoke at the Midwest Equine Podiatry Conference in Arlington, Wis.