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zbgirl

Posted on Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 - 11:15 am:

My farrier has never commented on my horse's feet, but I was wondering if this image indicated anything. There seem to be various horizontal lines on all his feet, on the hind feet there is one black hoof: the lines are visible and each of the feet the lines are about 1"+ down from the coronary band. Could this be a sign on sub clinical laminitis? He used to point with his LF but has gradually (since July last year) been standing more squarely.
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DrO

Posted on Saturday, Mar 15, 2014 - 9:37 am:

Hello ZBGirl,
It looks to me that the coronet that forms the horn has a few pigment forming cells that turn on and off intermittently. Why they would do it I don't know. Another possibility might be intermittent bruising when the horn is formed but I don't think so. Lastly some sort of external staining is occurring on the surface as the horn is formed.
DrO
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