Chuck/Steve

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Originally Posted by phystech

For those that want to see what's being discussed here, go to

http://www.equusite.com/articles/bas...tsOfFoot.shtml


I didn't realize this was so serious an issue for Sumwon. I went back and read Chuck's blog that took her from a stone bruise to an abcess to the changing treatments, etc but I didn't consider it to be anything out of the norm of popping and letting it drain.

I look forward to reading more detail in the email you'll put out this week, Steve!

Thanks!

The hardest thing to deal with horses feet is that most things start out rather minor and most of the time get better but because of the inability to see what is going on inside, they can get worse. There is really no way of telling or even much prevention once thier is infection in a foot. Most of the time it pops out as an abcess, sometimes quarter cracks develop and in pretty rare cases as in the case of the filly, the infection spreads throughout the entire foot and kills the underlying tissues.