The corrective shoeing consists of shortening the toe and applying a full roller motion shoe to transfer the action from the pastern and coffin joints to the shoe area.
As the coffin joint flexes, the deep digital flexor tendon glides against the navicular bone.
There have been horses that were constantly having their coffin joints injected with medications to keep them sound.
He is now retired due to navicular changes and fusion of the coffin joints in both front feet.
Ringbone, a lameness disease of the pastern and coffin joints, is a degenerative disorder that has no cure.
Definition of coffin joint in US English:
coffin joint
noun
The joint at the top of a horse's hoof.
Example sentencesExamples
Ringbone, a lameness disease of the pastern and coffin joints, is a degenerative disorder that has no cure.
There have been horses that were constantly having their coffin joints injected with medications to keep them sound.
He is now retired due to navicular changes and fusion of the coffin joints in both front feet.
The corrective shoeing consists of shortening the toe and applying a full roller motion shoe to transfer the action from the pastern and coffin joints to the shoe area.
As the coffin joint flexes, the deep digital flexor tendon glides against the navicular bone.