Abstract
Military working horses perform a high proportion of work on road surfaces and are shod frequently to deal with high attrition rates. The authors investigate the influence of shoeing on...
Highlights
Farriery techniques have evolved from the requirements of protection and preventing excessive hoof wear to improving performance, prophylaxis and corrective techniques dealing with injuries (Hickman and Humphrey 2004)
Due to the high amount of work performed on road surfaces, these horses undergo a high frequency shoeing regimen and new shoes are fitted as seen fit by the farrier at different time points for front and hind limbs
In this study we have investigated with quantitative gait analysis the immediate effects of the shoeing process on normalized movement symmetry (MS) of poll and pelvis in a group of military working horses
Summary
Farriery techniques have evolved from the requirements of protection and preventing excessive hoof wear to improving performance, prophylaxis and corrective techniques dealing with injuries (Hickman and Humphrey 2004). It is well documented where forces are acting under the hoof and how they are transmitted through the foot We assess quantitatively with inertial sensor gait analysis how shoeing affects MS in a group of military working horses These horses perform large amounts of their exercise on hard surfaces and recently a similar population of military working horses has been reported to commonly show lameness and among the top three reasons “foot/shoeing problems” (Putnam and others 2014)
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