Posted by Patty Stiller on April 06, 2002 at 17:57:49:
In Reply to: time progression of navicular posted by dlt on April 04, 2002 at 21:53:51:
: Read a post from a person; not here, that she had this farrier for "only" 6 months & he caused navicular, now horse is dead lame...Does/can it happen that fast? Don't know anything else(weight, age, shoulder angle, length of pasterns, etc) yet, except it's a barrel horse but, has been buggin me & couldn't find or read anything about time lines
: thanks; in advance
: Deb
Hoof imbalance can certainly cause poain in the structures around the navicular bone, which in time can cause actual navicular bone changes, If the navicular bones have visible changes raiographically ,I seriously doubt that the problem could have started just six months previously. It may have been there a very long time but well managed, and something changed to exacerbate the problem.
If on the other hand the horse has diagnosed pain in that area , with NO bone changes, it is certainly possible that some hoof imbalance is causing it. (long toes, delayed breakover, negative angle in P3, underrun heels with no support, etc.
Just my general opinions as Obviously we have no details of the individual case(the X rays, vet exam notes etc) Patty