Horribly painful and potentially devastating to his long term.
Remedial shoeing for laminitis.
Here jim provides detail of the debilitating disease that is laminitis.
If you suspect laminitis it is necessary to seek veterinary advice.
Laminitis is a disease associated with ischaemia of digital epidermal tissues.
All twenty five cases received uniform veterinary treatment from the onset of laminitis.
Laminitis results from the disruption constant intermittent or short term of blood flow to the sensitive and insensitive laminae.
This elevates the frog leaving the heels with more weight to carry.
5 cases treated using steel heart bar shoes.
Whatever the cause laminitis is a serious condition.
Standard horseshoes are made from steel and are concave.
These five horses were kept in box confinement with in deep bedding prior to and following shoeing.
Jim and his brother allan started j a ferrie in 1982 shoeing all types of horses and supplying farriers with shoes and nails they also both lecture and give forging demonstrations worldwide.
Shoeing the laminitic horse.
This study was taken from a selection of twenty five similar cases of laminitis.
Corrective shoeing is based on devices that either transfer weight onto the frog to relieve pressure from the laminae and or raise the heel height to relieve pressure from the flexor muscles.
Expert advice on the benefits of remedial shoeing including a guide to different types of shoe horse hound.
Some shoeing and trimming of the horse may be necessary.
Strong footed horses can cope with this but weaker footed ones run into problems no matter how well they are shod.
Heart bar shoes can be used to help treat laminitis and flat feet.
Based in trowbridge covering wiltshire and surrounding areas.
The lightweight shoes are available in seven sizes for remedial therapeutic and orthopaedic purposes.
However in other cases less is more that is many cases of laminitis do well with no shoes and need little more than to be left alone.
Of all the medical crises that can afflict a horse laminitis surely is one of the most alarming.
Owners warned to be vigilant in laminitis perfect storm.
The possibilities are almost endless.