Live Dissection of Horse's Lower Leg and Hoof at Yard - so Interesting

[Fruddy]

A bit gory at times, but seriously well worth the watch.

The majority of the liveries at my yard use the same Veterinary Practice and last night, two of the Vets came to give a talk to us all regarding lower limb and hoof problems, including the dissection of an actual horse's leg and hoof!

Whilst it was a little hard to watch occasionally, it was so worth seeing! Obviously I have seen pictures of the inside of a lower leg and the structures within it, such as the cannon bone, cruciate ligaments, deep digital flexor tendon etc., actually seeing how all the structures work in a real leg was absolutely amazing!! As my lad has ringbone, I was particularly interested to see the inside of the hoof, as were a lot of liveries at my yard whose horses have had laminitis.

The vet had a farrier with him, who removed the sole of the hoof and then the hoof wall, so that we could all see the laminae, the inside of the frog and the pedal bone - it was absolutely fascinating! The vet explained exactly what happened inside the hoof in a laminitic horse and we all left having such a better understanding of the condition. They also explained navicular.

It was a really amazing evening and cost absolutely nothing - apart from the fact that we all made a donation to the Laminitis Trust.

 

[carthorse]

Would love to see that .I once got a leg from a knackers yard and dissected it and boiled the bones and varnished them .I had to get a friend to take the foot into work and put it in some sort of chemical to get the pedal bone out and navicular bone.I still have all the bones and use them for PC lectures

 

[rss07]

We did a whole pony last November. Gross at times, but really really interesting, and we learnt loads.

 

[amandathepanda]

When I was doing my HND we worked our way through a whole horse. When we were doing hte legs, we were given a leg each to work on. The best bit was when you pull the tendons to make the whole leg jump! Fascinating... honest!

 

[angiebaby]

Ok I believe you! Some very weird people on this forum

 

[Christmas Crumpet]

This will probably sound really awful but (!) when my old hunter was PTS before Christmas I took his leg to the vet's so we could dissect it and see exactly what was wrong with it. Once I got over the fact that it was his leg I found it absolutely fascinating. It was on Christmas Eve and the vet was drinking champagne and smoking a cigar whilst he was doing it which was a bizarre kind of situation. He's a friend which is why I asked him!!

 

[wishfulthinking]

I've seen this too a few years ago and found it really interesting, learnt a lot.

 

[brighteyes]

And the diagnosis was.................

 

[custard]

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Would love to see that .I once got a leg from a knackers yard and dissected it and boiled the bones and varnished them .I had to get a friend to take the foot into work and put it in some sort of chemical to get the pedal bone out and navicular bone.I still have all the bones and use them for PC lectures

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Mmmmmm, dinner at your place eh?!!

 

[Shilasdair]

Lower legs are the nicest....way nicer than digestive tracts, or Devil forbid, reproductive tracts.
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[squirtlysmum]

Yeah and human PMs are interesting too if not a tad wiffy especially if they've had a bowel problem!

 

[baleofhay]

My son doing one at farriers college this week. Very relevent I think. Not weird.

 

[Grumbledor]

It is very interesting, we worked out way through a whole horse at college, only thing I wasn't so keen on is the fact that the teeth still had grass in them. When we did the digestive system there was still poo in there that some people squeezed out! Fascinating though!