ALO
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Hi all, sorry this is long. I have a 22year old gelding who has had quite a lot of hoof issues over the years. When he was 13 he was diagnosed with navicular, I took his shoes off and he did come sound but was usually booted when ridden far or tricky ground. He has always had a slight medio lateral inbalance in that foot also.
A few years later he started suffering from numerous abscesses (in different feet)culminating in one 3 years ago that finally blew through the coronet band (the original dodgy foot) , it damaged the coronet band and he has a visible defect in the hoof wall. We them tested him for Cushings which was positive, he’s been on prascend and so far so good til now.
Started off lame in navicular foot, abscess assumed, farrier locates and dug a small hole and it drained a small amount, 2 days later it blew out through the heel bulb. Pus was green like snot and eventually a bit lumpy which I’ve never seen before. Called vet who said to start antibiotics and he would X-ray the following week, horse came sound prior to appointment, vet check and was happy, this was 2 days after finishing antibiotics.
5 days later horse is lame again, vet called out who xrayed this time and said things didn’t look good. He could see the abscess tract coming down but more worryingly said there was bone remodelling on the pedal bone that side which he though was probably historic and related to the long period of the medio lateral imbalance. He believes the infection stems from this as opposed to anything else. I’ve never heard of this happening? Plan is to do 5 weeks antibiotics and repeat X-rays, if things don’t look better it’s bad news
I asked about surgery although not sure I would blput him through that and vet said it wouldn’t make much of a difference as there is too much affected.
I’m just a bit confused as he was doing so well and in full work until now, do you think it’s possible if we can get the infection cleared up he’ll be field sound and the pedal bone remodelling is just an incidental finding? Thoughts and opinions appreciated.
A few years later he started suffering from numerous abscesses (in different feet)culminating in one 3 years ago that finally blew through the coronet band (the original dodgy foot) , it damaged the coronet band and he has a visible defect in the hoof wall. We them tested him for Cushings which was positive, he’s been on prascend and so far so good til now.
Started off lame in navicular foot, abscess assumed, farrier locates and dug a small hole and it drained a small amount, 2 days later it blew out through the heel bulb. Pus was green like snot and eventually a bit lumpy which I’ve never seen before. Called vet who said to start antibiotics and he would X-ray the following week, horse came sound prior to appointment, vet check and was happy, this was 2 days after finishing antibiotics.
5 days later horse is lame again, vet called out who xrayed this time and said things didn’t look good. He could see the abscess tract coming down but more worryingly said there was bone remodelling on the pedal bone that side which he though was probably historic and related to the long period of the medio lateral imbalance. He believes the infection stems from this as opposed to anything else. I’ve never heard of this happening? Plan is to do 5 weeks antibiotics and repeat X-rays, if things don’t look better it’s bad news
I asked about surgery although not sure I would blput him through that and vet said it wouldn’t make much of a difference as there is too much affected. I’m just a bit confused as he was doing so well and in full work until now, do you think it’s possible if we can get the infection cleared up he’ll be field sound and the pedal bone remodelling is just an incidental finding? Thoughts and opinions appreciated.
