Be Alert To Horse Navicular Disease

The term navicular bone describes a smallish smooth bone shaped like a pyramid sited deep inside a horse’s foot. It fundamentally functions as a pulley over which tendons have smooth play. A horse develops navicular illness when the little navicular bone loses its smoothless. Tendons are not in a position to pass over smoothly, and the resulting friction can cause significant pain to the horse. It is bizarre that the definite cause or set of causes that trigger this condition haven’t been identified.

Navidular disease conditions worsen as time goes by, and unfortunately a sure treatment for this affliction still has to be found. If the condition is spotted at its terribly early stages, the agony caused to the horse can be relieved by utilizing pain relievers and bute. Special shoes are also of real help in alleviating the condition, as I can confirm by dint of personal experience. Inexorably, though, the condition gets worse and shortly the afflicted horse can no longer be ridden. It becomes a stable and pasture decoration piece.

There is evidence that horses with heavy bodies and small feet are most at the mercy of navicular illness. Characteristic horse breeds are paints, some quarter horses and appaloosas breds with little feet. There is one criterion that you must stick to when purchasing a horse: make sure he has massive feet.

Navicular disease is very commonplace among horses of the breeds discussed a couple of sentences earier, particularly those that lead a relatively inactive lifestyle. Contrarily, the condition also appears in horses that are ridden hard in events like hunter jumping. Occasionally, horses appear to develop the condition for no identifiable reason.

Your best chance is to be in a condition of constant alert regarding the condition of your horses’ feet. A horse’s feet are potentially the most delicate part of him, and you need to ensure they’re always maintained in the top of condition.

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