Clinical aspects of the equine foot - Part 2: Commonly used terms in farriery

摘要

The author has worked in general Equine Practice for the last 20 years and is currently a partner in the Lichfield based Pool House Equine Clinic. He is a veterinary examiner for the Worshipful Company of Farriers and has examined at Diploma, Associate, and Fellowship levels. This series of articles discusses how farriers and veterinary surgeons can work together to improve equine welfare by good corrective farriery practices. As with many other disciplines farriery has acquired a vocabulary all of its own. It is important that vets and farriers can communicate effectively with each other.