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Title:	Equine Notes Conference
Notice:	Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:	MTADMS::COBURNIO

Created:	Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2080
Total number of notes:	22383

1141.0. "Pedal bone problems" by CHEFS::GOUGH () Thu Dec 21 1989 14:01

    My pony (14.1, Highland, 11 years, not the type you would expect
    to have foot problems) has been intermittently lame for a month
    or so.  This lameness is very slight, really a lack of levelness
    in his stride more than actual lameness, and is most noticeable
    after work or when trotting uphill.          
    
    He was prescribed bute for a week, and was then sound, but the lameness
    came back as soon as the bute was stopped.
    
    The vet has now taken X-rays, which show some roughening of the
    pedal bones in both front feet.  Treatment prescribed is showing
    with pads under the shoes.  If Robbie is not sound when shod in
    this way, the next step will be a long course of bute (equipalazone)
    both as anti-inflammatory and painkiller.
    
    Does anyone have any experience of this type of condition?  Everything
    I have read about pedal bone inflammation/ roughening/ osteitis
    is pessimistic to say the least.
    
    I would be grateful for any information anyone has.
    
    Thank you
    
    Helen (U.K.)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1141.1	Pedal Bone == Coffin Bone	VMSSPT::PAANANEN		`Fri Jan 12 1990 20:00`	8
	Maybe the reason there are no answers here has to do with a language barrier! :^) Pedal bone (UK) == Coffin bone (US). Or at least that is my understanding of it.
1141.2	Clarification	CHEFS::GOUGH		`Mon Jan 15 1990 12:32`	7
	Oh, I did wonder if pedal bone problems were for some reason unknown in the US! Pedal bone = the bone that rotates in bad cases of laminitis. Is that the coffin bone? Helen
1141.3		DYO780::AXTELL	Dragon Lady	`Mon Jan 15 1990 19:15`	4
	re .2 Yep, that's the same bone.
1141.4	two more suggestions	ASD::WIMBERG		`Tue Jan 16 1990 19:45`	20
	An additional shoeing suggestion - round shoes with pads. Also this type of problem can be treated with an injection in the joint of hydra-cylic acid (spelling is probably wrong). This is an artificle joint fluid. It is repeated on a as needed basis, anywhere from 6 months to over a year. Expensive. Many horses continue to compete with the type of changes to the feet you are describing with a mimimual amount of pain. The shoes can arrest the changes in many cases. My old thourghbred had terrible x-rays with lots of changes but was always sound once the farrier put on pads. The changes did not progress in the three years that I owned him (We compare old x-rays with the new ones the prespective owners had taken). Other horses may react differently. Good luck and let us know how the shoes work. Nancy
1141.5	Update	CHEFS::GOUGH		`Wed Jan 17 1990 08:39`	9
	Robbie was rested for three weeks, and then shod with pads in front. I hacked him out slowly at the weekend; he is sound walking and trotting on level ground or downhill, but still unlevel if trotted up hill on firm going. I have been advised to continue with slow exercise, and see how he goes. Helen.