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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1473341" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Our hoof trimmer tells us to put massive doses of Penicillin in them (IIRC, double the recommended dose - we use the sub q penicillin) as soon as you notice lameness. He swears the penicillin gets to the infection better, and you need double dose because the hoof is furthest away in the body. He puts them on the table and digs it out, then glues a shoe on the good toe to take weight off the bad toe. The shoe lasts about 60 days, and they are sound as soon as they get off the table. We have had it happen a few times, seems like it hits when they have to cross the dry, very sharp, rocky creek to get to the back pasture. My theory is they get a bruise from the sharp rocks, and then develop an abscess. We have only had a few times over here, but the hoof trimmer knows exactly what it is when we describe it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1473341, member: 18809"] Our hoof trimmer tells us to put massive doses of Penicillin in them (IIRC, double the recommended dose - we use the sub q penicillin) as soon as you notice lameness. He swears the penicillin gets to the infection better, and you need double dose because the hoof is furthest away in the body. He puts them on the table and digs it out, then glues a shoe on the good toe to take weight off the bad toe. The shoe lasts about 60 days, and they are sound as soon as they get off the table. We have had it happen a few times, seems like it hits when they have to cross the dry, very sharp, rocky creek to get to the back pasture. My theory is they get a bruise from the sharp rocks, and then develop an abscess. We have only had a few times over here, but the hoof trimmer knows exactly what it is when we describe it. [/QUOTE]
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