Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Lame horse

At 06:56 PM 7/18/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Barb Peck bpeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Your Vet's correct.
>Sidebone is caused from a hoof imbalance.
>If it wasn't poor trimming (or no trimming) or poor shoeing, then he
may
>have a conformational fault, somewhere up the leg from the hoof,
>which is causing the imbalance.
>Sidebone is calcification of the lateral cartilages.. so if you catch
it in time, fins and correct the imbalance, he has a chance.
>Barb
>


We bought a horse several years ago that came to us with an old wire cut
injury to a foot.  He later developed sidebone which we attributed
to that old injury.  Can't sidebone also be caused by injury?

Amber



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