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karent

Posted on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 - 4:14 pm:

My farrier came out today to take off shoes and trim the horses before the snow starts. When he got to my pride and joy, Myst, he noticed that her lamina on both front feet and one hind foot had been bruised. When he trimmed her, he was able to trim most of the bruise away. Her lamina was about 3/8" thick and there was dried blood. After trimming, her lamina is about 1/4" thick.

She has never been lame, is not lame now and shows no reaction to the hoof tester whatsoever. She has only had one mild colic a few years ago that went away after I gave her banamine. The only thing I can think of is that she did get overweight this summer on pasture. She is chunky, but not obese. I would probably rate her 6.5 to 7.

I immediately took her off pasture (not much left), put her in a stall and will just feed her grass hay. I have a call into my Vet just in case she possibly has laminitis. I don't think she does, but better safe than sorry. Should I get X-rays? I would think if she had any rotation she would be sore, but she isn't at all.

Am I going overboard? Your input is appreciated.
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DrO

Posted on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 - 7:50 pm:

Hello Karen,
Areas of red in the laminae in sound horses is really pretty common. I would not try to pare out extra horn to remove the red as it will grow out in time and excessive paring might cause lameness from an excessively thin sole. I know you would like to know why and frankly all I have is conjecture: possibly a extremely aggressive romp around the pasture or going on very hard ground creating some bruising? You double check your horse's foot balance and if you find nothing wrong go on like normal as I have never seen such changes in a sound well balanced horse later crop up as a serious problem.
DrO
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karent

Posted on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 - 1:53 pm:

Thanks DrO. My Vet called me back and didn't see any need for X-Rays. She seems to think that when our nights started getting really cold towards the end of August, that the sugar content in the pasture was up significantly and Myst had a very mild case of laminitis that went undetected. Just speculation on her part. I'm just thankful whatever it was doesn't seem to be serious.

Thanks for your input.
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