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Much information to aid trimming and shoeing of These include the Tennessee navicular shoe, rolled or
horses with navicular disease/syndrome can often be rockered toed shoes, egg‐bar shoes, natural balance
VetBooks.ir radiographs (Figure 11.31). Medial to lateral and dorso- shoes, and full‐bar support shoes (Figures 4.15 and
shoes, equine digital support system (EDSS), onion
obtained from lateral and weight‐bearing dorsopalmar
Rolling, rockering, or squaring the toe of
palmar hoof balance, toe length in relation to the distal
4.16).
4,25,73,96,120
phalanx, heel height, sole depth, and solar angle of the
distal phalanx are all very important pieces of informa-
tion that should be used during the shoeing process
(Figure 11.2).
Several different types of steel or aluminum shoes are
thought to be effective in treating horses with heel pain.

Figure 4.14. Lateral view of a foot with excessive heel growth
resulting in the weight‐bearing surface of the heels being shifted Figure 4.15. Using egg‐bar shoes is a common shoeing
further forward within the foot (arrow). technique to treat horses with navicular disease/syndrome.

A B

Figure 4.16. Heel elevation may be helpful in treating select elevated heel shoes despite having a very upright hoof
horses with navicular disease/syndrome (A) and not in others (B). conformation on the LF, which likely contributed to the dorsal
The horse in (A) was shod with wedge pads and dental impression hoof wall concavity (arrow) and continued lameness.
material and improved after shoeing. The horse in (B) was shod with