Re: RC: paring of sole and frog

[EPaloheimo@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/1/99 7:34:31 AM, Tivers@aol.com wrote:

<<Ovnicek: "We noticed a lip that the frog forms over the sulci (clefts)".
Whenever we cut it out to keep dirt from packing underneath it, it grows back.
We asked ourselves what purpose it served and it was obvious that nature
intended it to keep the dirt packed in the hoof.">>

Does this mean we shouldn't be so concerned about cleaning out the clefts?  I
was always told that if I didn't it could cause thrush.  Eva


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