[Up] Internal Hoof Structures   [ExtHoof]  [HoofReview]

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This is an example of severe chronic laminitis. As the name implies, laminitis is inflammation of the laminae. With inflammation, the laminar epithelium separate from the hoof wall, causing "rotation" of the digit by the weight of the horse and the pull of the digital flexor tendons. The dotted lines indicate the approximate orientation the hoof wall should be in reference to the third phalanx (notice in images 1&3 that the hoof wall is parallel to P3).