HWSD and What it Affects
This breed of pony presents with HWSD most frequently.
What is Connemara?
Horses will often get recurring .....
Abcesses
Some poor horse is walking around in his socks!!
How long does HWSD take to heal?
What is 3-12 months
Doing what frequently helps prevent hoof wall separation disease.
What is frequent hoof trimming?
Minor cases of HWSD can be mistaken for this disease.
What is White Line Disease?
The type of environmental conditions that affect the prognosis
Constant change from dry to wet, wet to dry
The type of shoeing used in these cases is
Support shoes
Packing that's medicated
The structure the hoof has grow all the way out from to heal.
What is the Coronary Band?
These nutrients should be balanced in a horse’s diet to help prevent hoof wall separation disease.
What are trace minerals?
This type of inheritance requires a pony to inherit two copies of a gene in order to be affected.
What is autosomal recessive?
In severe cases horses will end up with
Chronic Lameness
Laminitis
The three kinds of topical disinfectant used to help is
Iodine
Hydrogen Hoof clays
Hydrogen peroxide
Name one thing that could happen to the hoof when this condition worsens
What is bone rotatio?
Horses should avoid these conditions to reduce the risk of hoof wall separation disease.
What are wet and dirty environments?
This type of horn grows on the soles due to redistribution of weight.
What is proliferative?
The part of the wall to separate entirely
Dorsal
What the last option once quality life is affected
Euthanasia
The bone you have to stabilize for better healing
What is the coffin bone?
Properly balanced nutrition is important for preventing this hoof condition.
What is hoof wall separation disease?
A mutation of this gene causes HWSD.
What is SERPINB11?
The bone to sink or rotate
Coffin Bone
Ultimately is there a cure
No, you can only treat for quality of life
what type of environment should the hoof be kept in to help with healing.
What is a Clean and Dry environmen?
Name two ways to prevent hoof wall separation disease.
What are minimizing exposure to wet and muddy environments and a proper balanced diet.