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Date Posted: 16:56:45 11/12/02 Tue
Author: Cheri
Subject: Tuesday's horse fact ..



White Line Disease..


Part 3 ..


Clinical Signs..


Indications of white line disease are numerous and varied. In mild cases, the horse might remain sound and show no discomfort; in severe forms, the horse will be lame with the hoof wall displaying massive undermining and separation. Says O'Grady, "White line disease offers no threat to the soundness of an animal until damage is sufficient to allow mechanical loss of the attachment between the laminae and the inner hoof wall, resulting in displacement of the coffin bone in a distal direction (rotation). Only then does the horse begin to show discomfort. In many mild cases, the horse isn't off at all and his owner is unaware the animal has the disease."

Early clinical signs include:

Small white or grey crumbly or powdery area along the
hoof wall-sole junction;

Tender sole via hoof testing;

Heat in the foot;

Increasingly flat foot;

Formation of concavity along one side of the hoof and a bulge on the opposite side directly above the affected area at the coronary band.

As the disease worsens, hoof wall growth might slow and the hoof wall becomes weak, chipped, or shelly. A hollow sound might be heard when the outer hoof wall is tapped with a hammer, and lameness can develop. Wall separation between the hoof wall and sole at the white line becomes apparent.

The disease can occur in one or more feet and affect the toe, quarter, heel, or any combination thereof.

Tomorrows fact .. Diagnosis

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