Navicular in horses relates to problems associated with the navicular bone in the horse’s hoof and is a common diagnosis for lameness in the front foot. The label navicular disease is used to ...

so many of these horses will need shoes applied at this time, Miller said. "The hoof capsule is still growing, though, and the coffin bone and collateral cartilages are still developing ...

So how useful are X-rays, either for diagnostic purposes in a lame horse or as a predictor ... be completely normal. The anatomy of the foot is complex and the bones that can be seen on X-rays ...