Flare caused by neglect or incorrect trimming is the leading cause of abscesses. Flare typically leads to stretching of the white line and if flare is not corrected it leads to separation of the white line allowing an entrance site for dirt, manure, urine (debris) to infect the laminae and that infection begins an assent up the laminae between the hoof wall and the coffin bone (leaving a trail of dead tissue in its wake) and erupting when it arrives at soft tissue - the coronet band or the heel bulb depending on whether the abscess entered at the white line of the outer hoof wall or the white line of the bar.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 01:51:01 +0000
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