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Q) My horse has been quicked by the farrier. Now what?
In this edition of "Ask the Expert," Chris Gregory discusses the "Q" word.
Chris Gregory of Heartland Horseshoeing School gives us the answer:
"When a horse is quicked, it is the same as you getting a cut or small puncture on your hand. Horses are usually nail quicked by a nail that is driven into the sensitive structures, or sole quicked by cutting too deep with a knife. Horses can also have punctures or cuts from sharp rocks or other hazards in their environment. If the injury does not get infected, then there is not a problem, and it should heal fine. If it does get infected, then it can be a big problem. For a horse, when it gets infected, we have an abscess. I will cover abscesses in a later entry.
Quicking a foot is a problem that is going to happen to anyone that shoes enough horses.
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