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Discussion on Corns
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Zebra1
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Posted on Saturday, Jun 24, 2006 - 8:31 am:
My lovely Quarterhorse cross has an intermittent lameness problem. Twice I have had different vets out and they have diagnosed a corn in the near fore. He was shod when the first vet blocked the heel, which caused him to trot sound. The second vet showed me how his heel had overgrown his hoof (he was unshod in the paddock), and kindly drew a series of diagrams to show my vet exactly how to shoe him. he also commented that his conformation in that foot made him susceptible to growing a corn there.3 shoeings later, he is lame again. The farrier 'floated' his shoes, ie ground down the two ends of the shoes so that there could be little pressure exerted by them. 8 days later he was suddenly a lot better (after lots of walking out from the stable in hand). The farrier says next shoeing he will put on better shoes, that have a frog shaped v connecting the two bars of each side of the horseshoe. Question: Is this the way you would expect a horse to get over corns? Do you think these new shoes will help? He is the "soldier on", be brave type of horse. could he do other damage due to favouring his corn? he has already torn a check ligament years ago which I was told was attributable to the dratted corn!
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Jun 24, 2006 - 8:12 pm:
Hello Debra,
Your history could be consistent with a number of problems and therefore not diagnostic so I cannot guess if the shoeing will help. If the physical exam is consistent with a corn the treatment sounds good. However I have seen corns that resulted in a little pocket of blood that had to be opened and drained before soundness resulted. So far it sounds like you are doing OK.
DrO
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Member:
Zebra1
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Posted on Friday, Jun 30, 2006 - 9:06 am:
My boy was shod with his fancy new shoes on Tuesday, and has been sound ever since. So far so good! Thanks Dr O.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Jul 1, 2006 - 7:09 am:
Glad to hear it.
DrO
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