Clinical application of the wooden shoe to complement surgical management of laminitis and other foot‐related disease in the horse: A report of three cases

This article describes three cases in which severe foot pathology was managed with surgery and the application of a wooden shoe. Although all horses would have fulfilled grounds for humane euthanasia, they were successfully had favourable outcome. supports current farriery concepts shows how shoe can effectively redistribute horse's weight on solar surface foot, alleviate pain, enhance biomechanics serve as valuable tool veterinarians farriers post-surgical management laminitis other foot-related injuries.