Veterinarians and farriers apply a wide variety of horseshoes to treat the plethora of hoof problems that come our horses’ way, not to mention issues farther up the limb. Injuries to the suspensory ligament (a structure crucial to a horse’s limb support system) are notoriously difficult to treat, so veterinarians recently tested a modern version of an age-old solution—the so-called fetlock support shoe—to determine its suitability as a suspensory desmopathy treatment.
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