PVM Equine foot care
If your horse steps on a nail what should you do
- do not pull it out until you are able to see where it's going. - It's always considered an emergency
What is thrush
- fungal infection of the frog of the hoof - caused by wet unhygienic conditions such as standing in manure
What kind of foot injury is usually caused by the kicking sheet metal walls
- hoof wall allusion
What is Quittor
- infection or necrosis of the collateral cartilage - usually caused by direct injury - seen as an abscess/ fistulous break open at the coronary band
What is a canker
- infectious process that results in the development chronic hypertrophy of the horn producing tissue
What is a medial to lateral hoof imbalance
- its when the hoof itself is not even - the outside of the toe strikes the ground before the heel - this leads to uneven distribution of force across the foot and up the leg which can lead to further issues
What's a keratoma
- new growth of keratin containing tissue that grows between the hoof
What is navicular disease
Chronic degeneration of the navicular bone
sidebone is ossification of
Collateral cartilages of the foot - commonly seen in larger breeds - rarely causes lameness on its own, usually acts with something else
How do you treat thrush
Copper sulfate
What kind of horses are the most likely to develop in
Draft breed
What is laminitis
Failure of the soft tissue that suspend the distal phalanx with in the hoof wall
What is white line disease
- progressive separation of the inner zone of the hoof wall - separation of the non pigmented hoof wall at the junction of the stratum medium and stratum internum
What practices are considered to be basic equine foot care
- routine cleaning/picking with a hoof pick - routine trimming and shoeing - corrective trimming - treatment of injury and disease
List 5 characteristics of a good foot
- thick hoof wall - adequate sole depth - solid heel base - growth rings below the coronary band are of equal size at the toe and the heel - acceptable conformation
What is the most common cause of acute lameness
subsolar abscess - treated by establishing drainage
What part of the horse is the most common place for a keratoma to form
The toe and the quarter of the horse
What are contracted heels
Narrow and shrunk heels - common in front feet -occurs rapidly in feet with long toe and low heel conformation
What is the most common cause of forelimb lameness
Navicular disease
If a horse kicks a solid wall what bone would likely be fractured
P3/coffin bone fracture
What is the term for the inflammatory condition that results in the demineralization of the P3
Pedal osteitis
What is the most common hoof wall defect
Quarter cracks - cracks in the side of the hoof
What is a farrier
a craftsman who trims and shoes horses' hooves.
