Foot management in the foal and weanling.
Foot management and hoof care of foals, weanlings, and yearlings tends to be considered a specialist job. Many farriers and veterinary surgeons have little exposure to young and growing stock. Nevertheless, a variety of angular and flexural limb deformities can benefit from simple podiatry techniques, which can be performed provided that a few basic rules are followed. The combined skills of the farrier and veterinary surgeon offer many young horses with angular or flexural limb deformities a chance of a future athletic career.
Beaufort Cottage Equine Hospital, Cotton End Road Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7NN England. tim.greet@rossdales.com
Timothy R C
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Greet
Simon J
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Curtis
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