Founder and Rotation of the Coffin Bone

Founder and Rotation of the Horses Hoof

  • The image on the left is normal and the arrows show the lines of force acting on the foot. The weight comes down the bony column the deep digital flexor pullsat the bottom of the coffin bone and the ground pushes up on the foot.
  • On the right the laminae have become disease and lost there grip on the toe bone. It has rotated counter clockwise because of the resistance of the ground and the pull of the deep digital flexor.
                       
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