Farriery

Question 1

Straight bar shoe (what it does and conditions it’s used for)

Answer 1

− 360 support
− Load/off load
− Heel support
− Increased ground surface
− Equal weight distribution

For:
− Sheared heels
− Hoof cracks

Question 2

Egg-bar shoe (what it does and conditions it’s used for)

Answer 2

− 360 support
− Load/off load
− SDFT support
− Fetlock joint
− Moves COG rearward

For:
− Strained SDFT
− Navicular
− Caudal foot pain

Question 3

Heart-bar shoe (what it does and conditions it’s used for)

Answer 3

− 360 support
− Load/off load
− Frog support

For:
− Hoof cracks
− Frog support
− Frog pressure
− Laminitis
-> Have to fit with x-ray for laminitis cases
–> need to know the distance between P3 and frog to prevent pinching, occluded blood vessels

Question 4

Lateral extension shoe (what it does and conditions it’s used for)

Answer 4

− Lateral support

For:
− Poor conformation
− ALD
-> can pul the limbs apart and straighten them in foals
− Rotational
− Foals

Question 5

Graduated shoe (what it does and conditions it’s used for)

Answer 5

− Heel elevation
− Alters angle of
* Dorsal wall
* HPA
* DIP joint

For:
− Poor conformation
− Broken forward HPA
− DDFT strain/injury

Good for the short term.
Longer term the foot can deteriorate and they can put a strain on the SDFT.