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Farriery of the foal

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Curtis S.J.
In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Liverpool, 2017 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 16, 2017
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The primary task of the farrier is to trim hooves to reduce excessive growth and to mitigate distortions to the hoof capsule. The secondary task, in cases of conformational faults, is to equalise stresses through the limb thereby allowing the auto-correct mechanism of the epiphyseal growth plates to operate. Farriers can alter loading and influence the limb by trimming, where this is ineffective then various extensions can be employed to increase biomechanical efficacy ...

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Curtis, S. (2020) “Farriery of the foal”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Liverpool, 2017. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-liverpool-2017/farriery-of-foal (Accessed: 08 December 2023).

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