The Equine Documentalist

Tensegrity, a combination of the words “tension” and “integrity”, is a principle that has been used in structural engineering for […]

Every biological entity is made up of systems upon systems, existing in symbiosis for the collective good. Even our own

Social norms are a collective representation of acceptable group conduct and an individual’s perception of their particular groups conduct. They

This debate is often fiercely contested and remains controversial with two schools of thought, traditionally diametrically opposed. As the author

Most horses will suffer with a severe unilateral lameness at one time in their life, when this is for prolonged

The ability to withstand concussive and load forces is vitally important in musculoskeletal health and the hoof is on the

There is conflicting rhetoric traversing the social universe about the importance and ideals of phalangeal alignment and stance angles, concepts

Shoeing cycle length is a vitally important factor in hoof health and controlling the morphological changes associated with hoof growth

The relationship between conformation and hoof morphology has been studied, Curtis (2002) outlined the effect of limb deformities on hoof

Navicular syndrome (NS) is all too common a pathology, one paper expressed it as appertaining to a third of all

Often horses and their teams of professionals struggle with perpetuating cycles. Vets, and physios in particular struggle with re-occurring, higher,

Why do so many ex-racehorses have bad feet? This very interesting question was asked to me recently and the answer