Santa_Claus
Well-Known Member
Ok short rundown friend's horse has been on off lame for a few months now. One day would be 100% sound the next about 3-4/10ths lame. Vet did box (well tiny paddock) rest and at first thought it was a splint but that has proven to be a coincidental injury. Vet decided (finally) that needed full lameness workup which happened last week.
After an overnight stay the vet has basically found that at some point he has experienced a trauma to his foot and therefore pedal bone. What the trauma was and when it happened is unknown. The result of the trauma is the problem though. There is a bony growth from the short pastern to the pedal bone (not seen xrays myself so not 100% sure where) and vet is being very negative about diagnosis because as enclosed within hoof wall there is very little that can be done.
He was injected with cortizone and Friday is going to be a 'd day' so to speak. If the lameness is caused by simple inflammation this should be removed and hopefully a sound horse. If though the lameness is from the boney growth itself then the vet says there is nothing that can be done further.
Owner is understandably devastated and is unsure how to progress because unhelpfully although vet is very very good he has no bedside manner and is a fairly negative person.
She has another 9 months worth of time of her insurance claim year so doesn't understandably want to make rash decisions. She wants to consider dosing him with Bute if a low level (up to max 2 a day) will make him sound. She has also thinking magnetic over reach boots might be of some benefit (well worth a try at any extent)
Has anyone experienced a horse having such an injury, well bony growth within the hoof wall? What was the outcome.
To anyone else any other suggestions of alternative treatments? The horse other than this is one of the soundest horses I have ever known and his xrays were totally clear of anything degenerative (navic/arthritis) even though he is now 16 and a true MW cob.
It is a bit desperate but although he is currently about 5/10ths lame and p**sed off being confined to a tiny paddock he is not losing condition which I would expect from a horse in significant pain. He doesn't seem ready to give up yet and owner doesn't want to give up on him. She isn't unrealistic though as if he is to stay about he will have to have a useful/happy future.
After an overnight stay the vet has basically found that at some point he has experienced a trauma to his foot and therefore pedal bone. What the trauma was and when it happened is unknown. The result of the trauma is the problem though. There is a bony growth from the short pastern to the pedal bone (not seen xrays myself so not 100% sure where) and vet is being very negative about diagnosis because as enclosed within hoof wall there is very little that can be done.
He was injected with cortizone and Friday is going to be a 'd day' so to speak. If the lameness is caused by simple inflammation this should be removed and hopefully a sound horse. If though the lameness is from the boney growth itself then the vet says there is nothing that can be done further.
Owner is understandably devastated and is unsure how to progress because unhelpfully although vet is very very good he has no bedside manner and is a fairly negative person.
She has another 9 months worth of time of her insurance claim year so doesn't understandably want to make rash decisions. She wants to consider dosing him with Bute if a low level (up to max 2 a day) will make him sound. She has also thinking magnetic over reach boots might be of some benefit (well worth a try at any extent)
Has anyone experienced a horse having such an injury, well bony growth within the hoof wall? What was the outcome.
To anyone else any other suggestions of alternative treatments? The horse other than this is one of the soundest horses I have ever known and his xrays were totally clear of anything degenerative (navic/arthritis) even though he is now 16 and a true MW cob.
It is a bit desperate but although he is currently about 5/10ths lame and p**sed off being confined to a tiny paddock he is not losing condition which I would expect from a horse in significant pain. He doesn't seem ready to give up yet and owner doesn't want to give up on him. She isn't unrealistic though as if he is to stay about he will have to have a useful/happy future.
