The Healthy Foot

Examination of the Foot

Hoof Angle

The Equine Foot I - Form & Function

The Equine Foot II - Form, Function & Disease

Anatomy & Topography of the Equine Foot

Conformation Myths & Misunderstandings

 

Foot Care

Basic Hoof Care

A Preventative Foot Care Program

Hoof Balancing

Fundamentals of the 4-Point Trim

Winter Hoof Care

Foot Soaking

Applying a Hoof & Lower Leg Bandage

Nutrition As It Relates To The Hoof  (Scott King, D.V.M. courtesy of Purina Mills, LLC.)

The Most Important Three Inches in Your Horse's Career: Footing

 

Foal Foot Care

Trimming Foals

Building a Foundation in Foals - Part I

Building a Foundation in Foals - Part II

Building a Foundation of Foot Care in Foals

 

The Problem Foot

Forelimb Interference

Hindlimb Interference

Sheared Heels

Hoof Abscesses

White Line Disease

Thrush

Penetrating Wounds of the Hoof

Foot Wounds

Pedal Osteitis

Equine Canker

Palmer Foot Pain  ("Navicular Disease")

Distal Phalanx (P3) Fractures

Long Toe - Underrun Heel

 

Laminitis

Laminitis

Learn To Recognize The Signs Of Laminitis

Laminitis: A major and unsolved problem for horses (W.A. Moyer DVM, Member AAEP)

Equine Laminitis - An update on its causes   (Christopher C. Pollitt, BVSc, PhD, Member AAEP)

Grass Founder

Laminitis Prevention & Treatment

Deep Digital Flexure Tenotomy as a Treatment for Chronic Laminitis

 

Lameness Problems in Horses

Is He Lame or Neurologic?

Lameness & Performance in the Sport Horse: Show Jumping

Lameness & Poor Performance in the Sport Horse: Eventing

Lameness & Poor Performance in the Sport Horse: Dressage

The Lowdown on High Suspensory Disease: Proximal Suspensory Desmitis

Healing the Bowed Tendon

Bone Chips

"Popped Knees"

Splints

Splints: "Pop!, Its Back"

Coffin Bone Fractures

 

Lameness in the Foal

Flexure Deformities in Foals

Management of Congenital Flexural Limb Deformities in the Foal

DOD: Developmental Orthopedic Disorders*

Physitis*

There was a Crooked Foal*

Wobbly Foal or Angular Limb Deformity?

 

Diagnostics

Evaluating the Lame Horse

Flexion Testing

Radiographs: Who Owns Them?

Arthroscopic Surgery: Is it for treatment or diagnosis or both?

Scintigraphy

 

Prevention, Treatment & Care

Arthroscopic Surgery: Is it for treatment or diagnosis or both?

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy In Horses: What We Know

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT): What Is It and What Is It Good For?

Protecting Your Horse's Legs With Proper Bandaging Techniques

Footing: The Most Important Three Inches in Your Horse's Career

Pin Firing

Cast Care

Applying Pressure Bandages

Applying Sweat Bandages To The Horse’s Leg

Layoffs

 

Medications

Lameness & Joint Medications

How Much Bute Is Too Much?

Steroids

Joint Therapy: Is It The Right Decision For Your Horse?