Vitamin Cupboard
If the shoe fits
Conformation Terms
Another name
All about the hoof
100

Helps body use calcium for strong bones

What is "Vitamin D"

100

A shoe with the inside quarter beveled and angled to reduce interfering

What is a "Feather Edge Shoe"

100

Top line of neck is concave

What is an "Ewe Neck"

100
Another name for "Coffin Bone"

What is the "Pedal Bone"

100

Acts as a reinforcement to the wall

What are the "Bars"

200
Aids in clotting the blood

What is "Vitamin K"

200

Used to protect the perimeter of the sole and provide more ground contact and a more stable support for the hoof

What is a "Wide Web Shoe"

200

Hocks that turn in when viewed from behind

What are "Cow hocks"

200

Another name for Typing Up

What is "Monday Morning Disease" or "Azorturia"

200

Protects hoof from moisture loss

What is the "Periople"

300

Helps prevent anemia, helps metabolism of protein and carbs

What is "Vitamin B12"

300

A hind shoe with one extended heel

What is a "Trailer Shoe"

300

A back that appears convex

What is a "Roach Back"

300

Another name for "Excess Granulation Tissue"

What is "proud flesh"

300

Produces the hoof horn

What is the "Corium"

400

Aids in forming red blood cells and cell division

What is "Folacin or Folic Acid"

400

A steel or aluminum shoe thicker at the heel than at the toe

What is a "Wedge Shoe"

400

Narrower measurement below the knee than at the fetlock

What is "tied in below the knee"

400

Another name for a "Bone Spavin"

What is a "jack spavin"

400

Provides Protection of the navicular bone

What is the "Navicular Bursa"

500

Helps carbohydrates release energy

What is "Thiamine"
500

Used in treating fractures of the coffin bone

What is a "continuous clip shoe"

500

Toes turn outwards

What is "splay footed" or "Toed Out"

500

Another name for "Swamp Fever"

What is "Equine Infectious Anemia"

500

Aids in the expansion of the foot

What are the "Lateral Cartlages"