Common Hoof Conditions in Horses

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Hi, I'm Kelli on behalf of Expert Village. I'm going to show you some techniques that I use to properly care for my horses feet. I'm going to briefly describe to you a couple conditions that can plague a horses feet. A couple of the most common ones that you will see. First of all, let me pick up her foot here. Probably one of the most common ones that you will see is a stone bruise and those will usually occur in the sole of the foot. This happens usually from improper cleaning of the foot. If a horse has a stone lodged in there and you ride a horse with a stone lodged in there, it can lead to some bruising. Another common ailment that horses get is abscesses. This is basically with an infection. It's usually caused from too much dirt or manure being packed into the foot, and this will cause an infection. It is actually like a pustule that gets inside of the foot and these can occur either in the sole or along the wall of the foot. So, depending on where they blow out, when they actually become inflamed. They can blow out either in the sole or the hoof wall, which is the outer portion of the hoof. So, this can happen quite often if you don't keep your horses feet really nice and clean. Another condition that's really common is thrush. This is a fungus that will happen in, usually, in and around the frog of the foot which is the triangular portion in the hoof and this usually is a thick, black, smelly fungus that gets stuck in there. It usually comes from improper cleaning or if your horse is stalled in a lot of wet conditions. Another really common one is white line disease. The white line is what goes around the outer portion of the toe and you can't see it because it's covered by her horseshoe there, but it's a fungus that goes up in there and it can also be called cd toe. So, when the Ferrier comes to trim your horse, you can see a lot of white goop coming out of your horses toe. So, all these can be very easily treated by either a veterinarian or your ferrier, but you definitely want to make sure your horse has proper ferrier care every 4 to 6 weeks or 6 to 8 weeks depending on how fast your horses feet grow. But that can really help to alleviate a lot of problems because without healthy feet you are not able to ride your horse.

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