A hoof abscess is a localized bacterial infection in the sensitive structures (lamina) of the foot. Pus is produced as a reaction by the horse’s immune system to battle the ongoing infection. The pus ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: My friend’s horse had a hoof abscess for over a month. Her vet came out to radiograph it and saw the horse had foundered in that foot. I thought hoof abscesses were common and not ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: My horse had a hoof abscess for over a week before it finally broke out. How long do you soak them before getting concerned? – Anonymous Dear Anonymous: Hoof abscesses usually form ...

VALLEY FALLS — After trimming the hoof and cleaning out a hoof abscess, Steve Senn carefully drills holes in the chestnut mare's right front hoof. The mare is a victim of chronic founder, a painful ...

The Horse Protection Association of Florida farm, at 20690 NW 130th Ave., Shiloh, is in a beautifully wooded area of northwest Marion County, near the Alachua County line. Unfortunately, like many ...

Champion Classic Empire will not run in the June 10 Belmont Stakes (G1) due to a hoof abscess in the bulb of his right front, trainer Mark Casse said June 7. Casse said the abscess was discovered ...

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, Ky., is introducing a new fan-based membership initiative, "The Hoof Patrol," which will serve to educate members and aid with equine ...

Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner, suffered a significant setback in his recovery this weekend, undergoing surgery to treat a "deep subsolar abscess" that had developed in the heel of his right hoof.