Saturday, February 16, 2013
Video: Inside the Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum with Mark Evans
The Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum ("OVAM") continues to mature, expand, blossom and amaze, and now British television host (and veterinarian) Mark Evans adds his two cents to the value of this web-based resource of sharable resources with this video feature.
The Laminitis Conference Announces Call for Abstracts/Presentation/Poster Summaries for 2013
Plastination specimen by Dr. Christoph Von Horst, HC Biovision/plastinate.com |
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Off Topic Video: Slo-mo beach gallop--with a twist
It's no secret that the Hoof Blog is known almost as widely for launching unusual horse-related videos and commercials as for hoof-related stories. You saw the Budweiser Clydesdale ad here first and now you're seeing the new--and slightly weird--Citroen commercial.
The what?
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Hoofcare History: Japanese Hoof Sandals Gave Horses Removable Traction
As much as I love reading the history of hoofcare and lameness from British and American historical perspectives, it's the other countries and other parts of the world that keep my reading lamp on at night. There is so much we don't know about how hooves were cared for in other cultures.
From my reading, it almost seems like horseshoes were one of the things that European merchants and explorers brought with them to new lands--and left behind, along with Christianity. They converted the people to Eurocentric religions and their horses to iron shoes.
But what were they using before the Europeans showed up, and is there something that we can learn from them?
Oklahoma Farrier, Victim of Trailer Theft, Boosted by Fellow Viet Nam Veterans
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Sometimes when bad things happen to good people, it brings out the best in other people.
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Super Bowl Scoop: Hoof Boot Solves Budweiser Clydesdale Safety Concern
You read it here first. But you're not going to read much. But here's something to talk about during half-time in the Super Bowl: the hoof connection to the Big Game. (You knew there'd be one!)
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