The club foot might be one of the most common growth problems in young horses, writes Marcia King in the April edition of The Horse. Affecting youngsters primarily between birth and six months of age, ...

Thrush in horses is characterised by a black, foul-smelling discharge from the hooves and urgent treatment is required. In my experience, thrush is usually (but not always) the result of poor hoof ...

When laminitis develops to the point that the hoof wall is restricting blood supply to the laminae and causing further inflammation, a hoof wall resection might be needed. Amy Rucker, DVM, of Midwest ...