23 year old QH injured as a foal (unknown cause and treatment). Sound with shoeing.
23 year old QH injured as a foal (unknown cause and treatment). Sound with shoeing.
23 year old QH injured as a foal (unknown cause and treatment). Sound with shoeing.
23 year old QH injured as a foal (unknown cause and treatment). Sound with shoeing.
This horse was rescued 1 yr ago with a RH medial heel injury avulsing the hoof wall and cutting into the soft tissue of the pastern. The sheared heel is mechanical caused by the scar tissue. The horse walks with a mechanical lameness meaning the limp is not from pain.
This horse was rescued 1 yr ago with a RH medial heel injury avulsing the hoof wall and cutting into the soft tissue of the pastern. The sheared heel is mechanical caused by the scar tissue. The horse walks with a mechanical lameness meaning the limp is not from pain.
The owner snapped this image of her horse who had just lost the heel of this hoof. It was very bloody.
The owner snapped this image of her horse who had just lost the heel of this hoof. It was very bloody. Here the avulsed hoof wall has been removed.
The owner snapped this image of her horse who had just lost the heel of this hoof. It was very bloody. In this image a shoe has been applied to support the remaining hoof while the new hoof grows in. Note the granulation tissue (pink) which needs to be kept level to allow a new heel to form. It may actually prevent new hoof growth. I have no follow up on this case.
