Thilo Pfau

Aug 17, 2023 | beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Patrick Reilly |Andrew van Eps |Darko Stefanovski |Thilo Pfau

1 INTRODUCTION Therapeutic farriery has been defined as the treatment of diseases of the equine distal limb through trimming or the application of various appliances.1 The concept of therapeutic farriery is, therefore, not necessarily to balance the hoof but rather to strategically alter the orientation of the hoof to remove mechanical stress from a particular structure determined to be the source of lameness2 thus aiding in healing.3 Increasing the dorsal hoof wall angle (either through...