08/12/2023
✨Fun Fact Friday
Did you know… 🤔
The hoof wall in a normal adult horse grows at a rate of approximately 6-10 mm per month. It takes longer to grow from the coronary band to the toe of the hoof than from the coronary band to the heel bulbs because of the longer distance. Younger horses have faster growing hooves than adults.
The rule of thumb is that it takes approximately a year for the hoof to grow down from the coronet to the ground. So, in one years’ time the hoof of the patient below will hopefully have grown back. The problem with these wounds is that if the coronary band is damaged, proper regrowth of the hoof isn’t always possible and the hoof can be forever deformed.
