Hoof care is one of the most important elements of horse care and keeping them sound and well, from the moment they are a ...

When laminitis develops to the point that the hoof wall is restricting blood supply to the laminae and causing further inflammation, a hoof wall resection might be needed. Amy Rucker, DVM, of ...

"Hoof wall cracks can occur suddenly and presumably from focal abnormal stress or the result of previous damage to the underlying horn making the wall more likely to fail (crack) over time," he added.

Laminitis is a painful inflamation of the tissue that bonds the horse's bone to the inner wall of the hoof. It felled Secretariat in 1989. Skip to main content Skip to navigation ...

However, as Rood & Riddle's Equine Podiatry unit explained in its latest "Case of the Month," any change to the equine limb ...

Dear Anonymous: Hoof abscesses usually form from bacteria getting into the hoof wall through the white line. The white line is the connection between the hoof wall and sole.

The hoof wall. The hoof wall grows downwards from the coronary band, originating from “germinative epithelial” cells at the coronet. It takes between 10 and 12 months for new hoof wall to grow ...

Hoof wall. The hoof wall is the outer layer of the hoof and it is made of keratin, like human fingernails. It is hard and either black or white.

The hot steel against the hoof wall starts to sizzle, creating smoke and an odd burning smell. To the unknowledgeable observer, it looks like it would be painful to the horse but Ty doesn't even ...

Hoof cracks in the wall of the horse’s foot can range from being little more than a cosmetic blemish to a serious cause of lameness and pain. They can run vertically or horizontally, when they ...

Laminitis is a painful inflamation of the tissue that bonds the horse's bone to the inner wall of the hoof. It felled Secretariat in 1989.