What is Hoof Abscess?

Symptoms:

• Horse appears lame
• Horse refuse to place any weight on a specific leg
• Horse refuse to walk

An hoof abscess can occur when hoof develops an infection due to:

• The sole being pierced by a sharp object such as a nail.
  
• The hoof wall cracks (generally due to improper trimming or hoof neglect), thereby allowing a piece of gravel to enter and become ingrained within the sensitive tissue above the sole (the laminae).
  
• Damage is done to the corium due to factors such as decreased blood circulation from shoes, poor horse shoeing and/or trimming, etc. Such damage has often existed internally for a while and only starts being released when a horse is allowed barefoot and thereby sees increased circulation. 
• Other less common factors can cause a hoof abscess, and sometimes due to the location of the abscess the cause or point of origin won't even be able to be detected.

Products that we offer to help you to maintain healthy hoof are:
Wunder Hoof,  Hoof Therapy, Sore No More The Sauce, and Sore No More Sport Salve

More information on hoof abscess see:
HorseChannel.com
HorseRides.org