The Importance of caring for a Horse's Hoove

    Horses are very strong animals and have sturdy legs that support their bodies. Strong horse feet and run because they are supported by healthy and strong nails. If a horse's hoof experiences a problems such as a wound or disease, the horse will experience health problems. A problematics nail will make the horse difficult to walk because of the pain that is experienced, and this will result in the healthy of the horse. Horses can experience decrease appetite,are lazy to move and can expi\erience fever if accompanied by a secondary infection in their nails.

    Horse living outdoors on varied terrain wear and grow their hooves in a natural fashion. In contast,the domestic horse living in paddocks and stables, with infrequent exercise and limited opportunity to toughen his feet, is suseptibleto a number of hoof problems. A program of daily inspection and hoof cleaning, routine hoof trimming,and application of horseshoes for those horses that require them, will prevent many of these problems.

    Some things can cause problems with horse'shooves including injuries that occur in the nails. Wound of the feet occur commonly in horses. All such wounds are contaminated and frequently coplicated by infections and abscesses. Laceration of the coronet are caused by barbel wire,sheet metal and rusty nails. Puncture wounds of the sole and frog are common caused of lameness. In all cases of lameness it is essential to carefully inspect the ground surface of the hoof for puncture wound. The nail wall crack is separation of the nail wall. Cracks are identified by location such as on the tyoe or heel. Vertical crack can be devided into cracks from the bottom or cracks from the top. Cracks can also occur horizontally cause by injury to the corona of the nail.

    All nail problems in horses will result in losses to the owner,especially if the horse is use as racehorse, because racehorse require a good and healthy nail condition.Therefore healthy care, hygiene and nail shape need to be considered. The main thing that need attention is the treatment of the nails with reguler nail cutting. In adult horses, nail grows about 1/3 inch every month. In the average foalgrow 1/2 inch per month. Because the hooves grow faster than the heel,if the nails are not often cut, the feet become unbalanced.

    From the description above, horse care is very imporant. Horses that are used as racehorses have a very high value for their owners,horses that are used for transport workers are very necessary to help the owner's economy, horses that are used  as rental horses tourisment in tourist area are very necessary to support tourism and many more benefitsof horses  for human life. All of the above will go well if it is supported by the state of horses hooves that are healthy and and well-maintened, so the care and attention to the condition of horse's hooves is absolutely carried out for horse owners. Nail care guideline must be owned by horse owner or personnal who specialize in caring for horse hooves. Complete and clean nail cutting equipment and the skill of a nail nurse will greatly help  to keep the condition of horse's nail always good and healthy.In addition tonail  cutting tool, medicine are needed to bhelp maintain nail health so that the health and condition of the horse's nail are always good to ensure the functioning of the horse.