Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
The importance of therapeutic farriery in equine practice.
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Werner, Harry W
- Affiliation:
- Werner Equine LLC · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
For a horse practice to provide effective hoof care, known as therapeutic farriery, it's important that veterinarians and farriers work well together and have the right skills. If a veterinarian or farrier lacks proper training, it can lead to poor care that might even harm the horse. Fortunately, there are many chances for veterinarians to learn more about hoof care through ongoing education. It's crucial for veterinarians to understand both basic and advanced hoof care so they can collaborate effectively with farriers and give the best service to horse owners. Overall, the success of therapeutic farriery relies on the teamwork and knowledge of both professionals.
Abstract
For an equine practice to offer therapeutic farriery as a professional service, that service must be founded in individual competence and cooperation between veterinarian and farrier. Inadequate farriery education and experience may result in substandard or even contraindicated therapeutic farriery prescriptions and farrier care. Within continuing education for equine practitioners, excellent opportunities to advance one's understanding of and clinical competence in therapeutic farriery are increasingly available. It is the obligation of the veterinarian to acquire and maintain a working understanding of both basic and therapeutic farriery to work effectively with the farrier and offer a valid service to the client.
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