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. 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.

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

The hoof continually grows, like human fingernails, to compensate for normal wear and tear. Under natural conditions, horses’ feet wear about the same rate they grow, but the confined horse’s ...

Horse hooves are admittedly a lot more durable than human trotters: The hoof wall, which covers the top of the hoof and forms a rim around the bottom, doesn’t have any nerves or blood vessels.

This builds up pressure behind the hoof wall, or sole, that creates an exorbitant amount of pain to the horse. Long story short: Her refusal to let me lift the left hoof was and is because the ...

The exterior of the hoof, known as the wall, is made of a horn-like material that grows continuously and has to be trimmed, just like a person's fingernails, ...

The hoof wall is made of keratin, and much like we would get a pedicure at the nail salon, the horses get shod as part of their upkeep. Shoes protect the horse’s frog, ...

Learn how to treat hoof rot in goats and how to prevent it from spreading to the rest of your herd. Raising goats is rewarding and entertaining. What’s not entertaining about goats is their ...