Every horse has an area known as the navicular region around their hooves in the anterior limbs. This area may sometimes be infected by the navicular syndrome which may not be categorized as a terminal illness but can really affect the functioning of the horse. When a horse gets this disease, it does not mean that it will be disabled, it can be cured and return back to normal. There are various methods that can be used to prevent and also to treat the infection.
In order to successfully diagnose the disease, there are certain things that the vet can do. The diagnosing needs both physical and radiological evidence to properly conclude that it is the navicular illness. The radiological evidence is usually necessary because there are many other things that can cause the lameness. Jumping into conclusion may make the doctors issue the wrong medication thus complicating the problem.
There are many physical signs that demonstrate the illness. The most common sign that will probably show is lameness mainly on the anterior limbs of the stallion. In some all feet are normally lame but others get the lameness only on one foot. When the lameness occurs, the horses will stagger during locomotion. Horses that are in their mid-ages are at a greater risk of catching the disease. This refers to those horses that are from 7 to 14 years of age.
Physical tests can also be carried out to detect the problem. One of them is making observations when the stallion is settling down. An infected horse will try hard to put more weight on the hind limbs by extending the front limbs too forward. The infected horses also show a common physical sign of having the front hooves being smaller than the hind ones this is because they have probably been subjected to less pressure since the infection kicked in.
Anesthesia can also be utilized to help and identify the infected stallions. This is where the medicine is injected to the foot so that the horses cannot feel any pain in the injected area. If the medicine is added to the infected region, the examiner will notice that abnormal behavior will be stopped.
After the detecting of this disease, the next action will be taking necessary measures to ease or stop it totally. Correct shooing is one good manner of achieving this aim for it will help in balancing the hooves in all sides therefore easing the pain and increasing comfort. The horses can also be subjected to medicines that help to increase blood flow in the affected region. This treatment may take long to function.
The care giver can also subject the horse to some exercises to help in enhancing blood circulation. These exercise routines should be done every day of the week for about an hour. By increasing the circulation in the affected area, the horse will be able to apply more weight on the affected region.
Nonetheless, there are some stallions that rarely react to the methods of treatment above. For stallions that show zero change after all the actions above have been taken, the doctors can decide to conduct a surgical process on them. This action is usually taken to remove the unwanted ligaments that mainly cause the pain.
In order to successfully diagnose the disease, there are certain things that the vet can do. The diagnosing needs both physical and radiological evidence to properly conclude that it is the navicular illness. The radiological evidence is usually necessary because there are many other things that can cause the lameness. Jumping into conclusion may make the doctors issue the wrong medication thus complicating the problem.
There are many physical signs that demonstrate the illness. The most common sign that will probably show is lameness mainly on the anterior limbs of the stallion. In some all feet are normally lame but others get the lameness only on one foot. When the lameness occurs, the horses will stagger during locomotion. Horses that are in their mid-ages are at a greater risk of catching the disease. This refers to those horses that are from 7 to 14 years of age.
Physical tests can also be carried out to detect the problem. One of them is making observations when the stallion is settling down. An infected horse will try hard to put more weight on the hind limbs by extending the front limbs too forward. The infected horses also show a common physical sign of having the front hooves being smaller than the hind ones this is because they have probably been subjected to less pressure since the infection kicked in.
Anesthesia can also be utilized to help and identify the infected stallions. This is where the medicine is injected to the foot so that the horses cannot feel any pain in the injected area. If the medicine is added to the infected region, the examiner will notice that abnormal behavior will be stopped.
After the detecting of this disease, the next action will be taking necessary measures to ease or stop it totally. Correct shooing is one good manner of achieving this aim for it will help in balancing the hooves in all sides therefore easing the pain and increasing comfort. The horses can also be subjected to medicines that help to increase blood flow in the affected region. This treatment may take long to function.
The care giver can also subject the horse to some exercises to help in enhancing blood circulation. These exercise routines should be done every day of the week for about an hour. By increasing the circulation in the affected area, the horse will be able to apply more weight on the affected region.
Nonetheless, there are some stallions that rarely react to the methods of treatment above. For stallions that show zero change after all the actions above have been taken, the doctors can decide to conduct a surgical process on them. This action is usually taken to remove the unwanted ligaments that mainly cause the pain.
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