title: The importance of therapeutic farriery in equine practice.
abstract: For an equine practice to offer therapeutic farriery as a professional service, that service must be founded in individual competence and cooperation between veterinarian and farrier. Inadequate farriery education and experience may result in substandard or even contraindicated therapeutic farriery prescriptions and farrier care. Within continuing education for equine practitioners, excellent opportunities to advance one's understanding of and clinical competence in therapeutic farriery are increasingly available. It is the obligation of the veterinarian to acquire and maintain a working understanding of both basic and therapeutic farriery to work effectively with the farrier and offer a valid service to the client.
authors.affiliation: Werner Equine LLC, 20 Godard Road, Box 5, North Granby, CT 06060, USA. hwwvmd@wernerequine.com
authors.forename: Harry W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017750:Animal Technicians / Q000193:education; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000592:standards; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006724:Hoof and Claw / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010067:Ownership; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011361:Professional Competence; D011996:Records / Q000662:veterinary; D012775:Shoes / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards