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Therapeutic Farriery, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice - E-Book
Stephen E. O'Grady | Andrew H. Parks
(2012)
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Abstract
A comprehensive review of Therapeutic Farriery for the equine practitioner! Topics include: the importance of therapeutic farriery in equine practice, the biomechanics of the equine foot as it pertains to farriery, equine imaging: the framework for applying therapeutic farriery, the basics of farriery as a prelude to therapeutic farriery, therapeutic farriery: A veterinarian's perspective, therapeutic farriery: a farrier's prospective, farriery for the hoof with a low or under run heel, farriery for the hoof with sheared heels, disease of the hoof capsule: infections, white line disease, keratomas and canker, therapeutic farriery for the young horse, farriery for the hoof with a high heel or club foot, glue-on technology as a means to implement therapeutic farriery, understanding the mechanisms that leads to hoof capsule distortions as a basis for rational management, farriery for hoof wall defects: quarter cracks and toe cracks, treating laminitis: beyond the mechanics of trimming and shoeing, and more!
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice: Therapeutic Farriery | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Table of Contents | v | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice | ix | ||
| Foreword: Therapeutic Farriery | xi | ||
| Preface: Therapeutic Farriery | xiii | ||
| Chapter 1. The Importance of Therapeutic Farriery in Equine Practice | 263 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 263 | ||
| HISTORY | 264 | ||
| DEFINITION | 266 | ||
| CURRENT STATUS OF EDUCATION IN THERAPEUTIC FARRIERY | 268 | ||
| THE PARTNERSHIP | 269 | ||
| CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION | 271 | ||
| THE CLIENT | 272 | ||
| THE HORSE’S HEALTH CARE TEAM | 272 | ||
| COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDICAL RECORDS | 273 | ||
| WHAT WE KNOW VERSUS WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW | 276 | ||
| SUMMARY | 279 | ||
| REFERENCES | 279 | ||
| Chapter 2. The Biomechanics of the Equine Foot as it Pertains to Farriery | 283 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 283 | ||
| THE PRINCIPLES OF FOOT BIOMECHANICS | 284 | ||
| CONFORMATION AND BALANCE | 285 | ||
| GROWTH AND WEAR | 285 | ||
| FARRIERY MANIPULATIONS | 286 | ||
| CHANGES IN GROUND CONTACT AREA | 286 | ||
| CHANGE IN TOE POSITION OR LENGTH | 286 | ||
| CHANGE IN HEEL/TOE HEIGHT | 287 | ||
| THE EFFECT OF APPLYING A SHOE | 287 | ||
| SUMMARY | 288 | ||
| REFERENCES | 288 | ||
| Chapter 3. Equine Imaging: The Framework for Applying Therapeutic Farriery | 293 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 293 | ||
| EQUIPMENT | 294 | ||
| PREPARATION AND POSITIONING OF THE FOOT | 296 | ||
| X-RAY BEAM ORIENTATION | 298 | ||
| EXPOSURE | 300 | ||
| VIEWS | 302 | ||
| SUMMARY | 311 | ||
| REFERENCES | 311 | ||
| Chapter 4. The Basics of Farriery as a Prelude to Therapeutic Farriery | 313 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 313 | ||
| THE TRIM | 314 | ||
| HOOF CAPSULE DISTORTION VERSUS ADAPTATION IN FORM | 316 | ||
| INSTRUMENTAL AIDS FOR TRIMMING | 319 | ||
| SHOEING | 321 | ||
| THERAPEUTIC SHOEING WAYS AND MEANS | 322 | ||
| SUMMARY | 330 | ||
| REFERENCES | 330 | ||
| Chapter 5. Therapeutic Farriery: One Veterinarian’s Perspective | 333 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 333 | ||
| GOALS OF THERAPEUTIC SHOEING | 334 | ||
| THE ANATOMY AND FUNCTION OF THE SHOE | 341 | ||
| APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES TO DISEASE | 344 | ||
| SUMMARY | 348 | ||
| REFERENCES | 349 | ||
| Chapter 6. Farriery for the Hoof with Low or Underrun Heels | 351 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 351 | ||
| FORM AND FUNCTION | 352 | ||
| THE UNDERRUN HEEL SYNDROME | 353 | ||
| ETIOLOGY | 355 | ||
| EVALUATION | 357 | ||
| TREATMENT/FARRIERY | 358 | ||
| SUMMARY | 362 | ||
| REFERENCES | 363 | ||
| Chapter 7. Farriery for the Hoof with a High Heel or Club Foot | 365 | ||
| ANATOMY REVIEW | 366 | ||
| TREATMENT | 368 | ||
| MISMATCHED FEET | 376 | ||
| SUMMARY | 378 | ||
| REFERENCES | 378 | ||
| Chapter 8. Farriery for the Hoof with a Sheared Heel | 381 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 381 | ||
| THE CAUSE OF SHEARED HEELS | 382 | ||
| SHEARED HEELS AS A CAUSE OF LAMENESS | 382 | ||
| STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE FOOT | 383 | ||
| THE ROLE OF TRIMMING AND SHOEING IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF SHEARED HEELS | 385 | ||
| FARRIERY | 388 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 391 | ||
| REFERENCES | 392 | ||
| Chapter 9. Farriery for Hoof Wall Defects: Quarter Cracks and Toe Cracks | 393 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 393 | ||
| RELEVANT ANATOMY AND BIOMECHANICS | 394 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF QUARTER CRACKS AND TOE CRACKS | 395 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF QUARTER CRACKS | 398 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF TOE CRACKS | 403 | ||
| SUMMARY | 405 | ||
| REFERENCES | 405 | ||
| Chapter 10. Nonseptic Diseases Associated with the Hoof Complex: Keratoma, White Line Disease, Canker, and Neoplasia | 407 | ||
| KERATOMA | 407 | ||
| WHITE LINE DISEASE | 409 | ||
| EQUINE CANKER | 416 | ||
| NEOPLASIA | 419 | ||
| REFERENCES | 420 | ||
| Chapter 11. Septic Diseases Associated with the Hoof Complex: Abscesses, Punctures Wounds, and Infection of the Lateral Cartilage | 423 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 423 | ||
| INFECTIONS WITHIN THE HOOF CAPSULE | 424 | ||
| MECHANISM | 424 | ||
| CLINICAL SIGNS | 425 | ||
| TREATMENT | 426 | ||
| INFECTION FROM A MISPLACED HORSESHOE NAIL | 428 | ||
| PENETRATING INJURIES TO THE FOOT | 428 | ||
| CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS | 429 | ||
| SEPTIC PEDAL OSTEITIS AND SEQUESTRUM FORMATION | 431 | ||
| PENETRATING INJURIES TO THE NAVICULAR AREA | 433 | ||
| INFECTION OF THE COLLATERAL CARTILAGES (QUITTOR) | 437 | ||
| INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL PERFUSION FOR SEPTIC PROCESSES IN THE DIGIT | 438 | ||
| TECHNIQUE | 439 | ||
| INTRAOSSEOUS INFUSION | 440 | ||
| REFERENCES | 440 | ||
| Chapter 12. Treating Laminitis: Beyond the Mechanics of Trimming and Shoeing | 441 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 442 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION | 442 | ||
| CLASSIFICATION OF THE LAMINITIC PHASES | 445 | ||
| TREATMENT | 448 | ||
| VETERINARIAN-FARRIER-OWNER RELATIONSHIP | 453 | ||
| SUMMARY | 454 | ||
| REFERENCES | 454 | ||
| Index | 457 |