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White Line Disease: Onychomycosis in Horses
  by Robert N. Oglesby DVM

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White Line Disease, also called onychomycosis, is an infection of the hoof wall of horses. Onychomycosis does not attack the outer wall but the area of the insensitive white line that joins the outer wall to the sensitive tissues of the foot. The result is a disruption of the supporting tissues of the hoof wall. Over time the infection works its way from the bottom of the hoof wall up creating a cavity that may be hard to detect initially. This disease is frequently confused with focal infections of thrush that have become established in defects in the white line. This article discusses the appearance, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this disease which seems to be growing more common.
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      ~Last Updated: December 28, 2009;

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Discussions on White Line Disease or Onychomycosis
  Titles Subtopics Posts Updated
iconWhite Line Disease1 5 Nov 22, 09
iconHoof breaking away after seedy toe *pics*1 14 Nov 7, 09
iconHelp-White line and lameness (part 2)1 34 Dec 23, 09
iconHelp-White line and lameness (part 1)1 105 Oct 5, 09
icon"Mild" White line disease1 5 Sep 16, 09
iconWhat is this??1 8 Jul 2, 09
iconLevi's problems again1 16 May 22, 09
iconLevi's white line1 24 Oct 19, 09
iconA different definition for WLD1 14 Jul 28, 08
iconTreatment of WLD1 2 Jul 8, 08
iconDoes this look like WLD?1 28 Jul 1, 08
iconLevi's white line disease is back1 32 Nov 20, 08
iconLevi WDL Resection1 209 Sep 26, 07
iconClydesdale cross with WLD1 16 Dec 13, 07
iconWLD treatment with shoes1 2 Jan 24, 07
iconQuestions re: most likely WLD...1 87 Jul 10, 07
iconClean trax1 13 Aug 29, 09
iconWhite line and crack in hoof1 97 Apr 25, 09
iconWhite line-post hoof wall resection1 9 Mar 13, 06
iconWhite line treatment1 9 Aug 19, 05
iconTime it takes for White Line Disease to Develop1 6 Dec 16, 04
iconWLD - various treatments1 13 Jun 1, 07
iconWLD - formaldehyde, chlorhexidrine gluconate, etc.1 4 May 20, 04
iconAny new info??1 3 Oct 8, 03
iconMore on white line and abcesses/gravel1 1 Jul 27, 03
iconWhite Line Disease - use of Thimerisol to treat1 4 Jul 1, 05
iconWLD & Shoes1 2 May 24, 02
iconPreventing white line1 2 Apr 27, 02
iconWhite Line Disease & Hoof Abcesses1 2 Apr 20, 02
iconSeedy toe1 4 Jun 22, 00
iconWhite line disease1 7 Nov 10, 99
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