Pat Coleby in Natural Horse Care proposes that all types of fungus infection - including frog fungus, seedy toe, white line disease, rain rot (a skin problem in rainy areas), and ringworm - indicate a copper deficiency. The point of frog forward from its true position. Position, because this horse has a forward-flared toe, which has pulled I moved the point of frog back from its present The back of the frog will likely growĮnough wider to spread the heels 1/2 to 3/4 inch (1 to 2 cm) apart. Yellow wedge shows how wide the frog will grow The same foot, sole view, again showing the flakyįrog with a deep crack in the central sulcus. Has not worn away just once, we would trim out some of the excess withĪ hoof knife so the horse can begin to wear its own sole clean.) When the wall is trimmed carefully to the edge of the sole on the left (This foot also has a side-to-side imbalance. Hoof pick into that crack), and in this case, the fungus has eaten up into The back 1/3 of theįrog is flaky, the central sulcus is deep (you could probably put an entire However, I think most of what people are calling "white line disease" is, instead, due to a flared wall the stretched white line tissue in a flare does look strange.Ī typical case of frog disease. There will be an area where tapping on the hoof wall makes a hollow sound. "White line disease" is probably a form of fungus. The diseased tissue is light gray to white in color, or black between the peeling layers healthy frog is medium gray. The back half of the frog peels off in deep layers, and the frog is narrow rather than being a wide, healthy triangle. You probablyĬannot achieve a heel-first landing if your horse has untreated fungus. Horses living in dry climates can have it too.Ĭall, "My horse's frogs seem to shed every year." It is extremely painfulĪnd the horse will land its foot toe-first to avoid the pain. It seems to be similar to "athlete's foot" (tinea pedis) and yeast infection (Candida) in humans. In wet climates or the wet season, we see quite a lot of fungus or "thrush" infections in the frogs of domestic horses.
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