Thursday 1 April 2010

Latest hoof photos

Day one
After 2 weeks
Day one
After 2 weeks

These are of Lexus, the newest arrival among the rehab horses.

He is a 19 year old TB cross who arrived with a diagnosis of navicular based on nerve blocks, with X-rays showing only minor changes.

As is typical with these horses, he has a weak caudal hoof and has particularly weak frogs, with a poor central sulcus - what is commonly called a sheared heel.

In the top 2 photos you can see sole shots, with the frog visible: the photo immediately after his shoes were taken off is slightly blurred, unfortunately, but even after only 2 weeks out of shoes some improvement is visible.

Edited to add: Yes, his frogs really have changed as fast as that - its not an April Fool :-)

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