| White line disease, a disease of the
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| | hoof wall if necessary. The affected area
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| hoof, appears to be a growing issue. It
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| | must remain open and exposed to air and
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| is a disease that causes the
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| | light. Medication may be applied to the
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| deterioration of the inner hoof wall. If
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| | affected area including merthiolate,
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| undetected, white line disease can
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| | betadine or 2% iodine.
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| progress until it causes complete
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| | The amount of exercise that the horse may
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| separation of the hoof wall and laminae,
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| | perform after resection depends on the
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| resulting in the rotation of the coffin
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| | extent of the damage and resection.
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| bone.
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| | The horse owner is to keep the area clean
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| White line disease is not an issue of
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| | and dry, ensuring that the resected area
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| stable or hoof cleanliness. Horses become
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| | is cleaned free of manure and mud. If the
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| more susceptible to white line disease if
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| | resection occurs in the summer, and the
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| their hooves are cracked, have suffered a
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| | horse owner bathes her horse, she should
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| major trauma, are unbalanced or have
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| | ensure that she towel dries the hoof and
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| chronic infections like abscesses. It
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| | the resected area so that it does not sit
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| affects all breeds of horses and can be
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| | wet for long.
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| found in one or all hooves.
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| | Once a resection has been done of the
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| The disease is caused by a bacteria/fungi
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| | hoof wall, the horse is susceptible to
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| combination. These bacteria and fungi are
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| | developing abscesses until the resection
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| opportunistic in that they normally are
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| | has grown out. Horse owners that have
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| found around the pasture or barn but
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| | horses with white line resection should
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| become pathogenic when given the
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| | keep on hand drawing hoof poultices and
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| opportunity to creep into a cracked hoof
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| | packing. One sign of an abscess is the
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| and thrive in the anaerobic (non-oxygen)
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| | "broken leg lameness," where the horse is
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| environment. They symbiotically coexist
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| | extremely lame on the leg that has had
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| in white line disease.
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| | resection some time earlier.
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| The initial stages of infection do not
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| | Though abscesses typically require
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| cause lameness, and, in fact, by the time
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| | soaking in warm water with Epsom salt,
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| the horse is lame, the disease has done a
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| | the horse owner with a horse that has
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| tremendous amount of damage.
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| | white line disease is at a conundrum. The
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| Early signs include a hollow sound when
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| | white line resection area is supposed to
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| the hoof is tapped with a hammer, a
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| | remain dry; yet the most efficient way to
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| dished or bulge shape in the hoof, tender
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| | encourage an abscess to pop is by
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| soles, heat and a white line that is soft
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| | soaking. In this scenario, a horse owner
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| and chalky. If the horse has lost a shoe
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| | needs to confer with veterinarian and
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| and a chunk of hoof with it, that might
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| | farrier to determine the best approach.
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| signal white line disease.
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| | They may determine that packing the hoof
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| A veterinarian and farrier should work
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| | with drawing poultices or hot poultice
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| together to determine the best course of
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| | pads may be in order.
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| treatment. X-rays may be necessary to
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| | After resection and follow up visits by
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| determine the extent of the damage to the
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| | the farrier to maintain the resection,
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| inner hoof wall as well as to the coffin
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| | the only thing the horse owner can do,
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| bone. If the farrier needs to perform
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| | besides keep the area clean and dry, is
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| therapeutic shoeing, he will also need
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| | wait until the damaged hoof has grown
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| access to those x-rays.
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| | out.
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| The treatment for white line involves a
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| | Stop on by our forum at and introduce
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| resection of the outer wall to expose the
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| | yourself. We are always looking for new
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| diseased inner hoof wall and remove
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| | friends! That is why we will leave the
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| damaged tissue. Therapeutic shoeing (like
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| | barn door open. Just visit our links
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| a heart bar shoe) supports the weakened
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