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HOOF WALL [31 records]

Record 1 2014-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
CONT

Contracted heels in the horse is [a condition] characterized by a shift of the hoof wall resulting in the narrowing of the foot. Primary cases of contracted heels result from unbalanced feet, either long toe/low heels(LTLH) or overgrown hooves. Trimming the feet and correcting the hoof angle result in expansion of the heels. Secondary contracted heels are caused by lameness and disuse of the limb, resulting in hoof atrophy. Expansion and contraction of the heels during motion increase their wear relative to the toe.

OBS

contracted heels: term usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
OBS

talons encastelés : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
OBS

talones encogidos: término utilizado generalmente en plural.

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Record 2 2011-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

The dorsal or anterior portion of the hoof wall.

OBS

The division of the hoof wall into toe, quarters, and heels... The wall is thickest and longest at the toe...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Partie antérieure du sabot.

OBS

Pour situer une région précise de la partie du sabot, on distingue d'avant en arrière : la pince, qui est exactement la pointe du pied [...].

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
CONT

The outermost external layer of the hoof, called the periople, is an extremely thin layer of tubular horn. Ordinarily, it covers the bulbs of the heels and variable part of the upper hoof wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

A layer of epithelial cells, directly on the membrane of the dermis/corium, here these cells are not cornified and, in the hoof, their proliferation maintains the growth of the wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
DEF

Elle repose directement sur la membrane du derne/chorion. Les cellules épithéliales non-kératinisées y prolifèrent, remplaçant les cellules plus anciennes et plus ou moins kératinisées, lesquelles s'éloignent ainsi de plus en plus de la partie vivante, dans le pied ceci résulte en l'accroissement (la pousse) de la corne du sabot.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

In the ground border of a hoof wall, to release pressure on the corresponding part of the wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Sur le bord inférieur de la muraille.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A vertical split in the wall of one hoof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Fissure ou crevasse dans la paroi du sabot, le plus souvent verticale vers le haut à partir de la base d'appui ou d'un trou de clous.

OBS

Classée en pince, quartier ou talon en fonction de sa localisation, les seimes en quartier et talons étant les plus graves.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

The slightly concave under-portion of the hoof which fills the space between the bars and the ground surface of the crust or wall. It consists of thin layers of horny material, and the internal surface presents a very fine honeycombed appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

La sole est une plaque de corne sèche, d'épaisseur variable, plate ou plus ou moins concave [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

The part of the hoof which is visible when the foot is placed flat on the ground. It is divided into tow, quarters(sides) and heels. At the heels the wall turns inwards to form the bars...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

La «paroi» [...] est la partie visible lorsque le pied est posé sur le sol. Elle a l'aspect général de la face antérieure de l'os du pied et se replie en dedans et en arrière pour revenir vers l'avant [...]

CONT

Pour situer une région précise de la paroi du sabot, on distingue [...] : la pince, qui est exactement la pointe du pied, puis de chaque côté les mamelles, les quartiers et les talons.

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
CONT

On the outside of the wall, at the point of junction of hair and hoof proper, is a rim of rather soft, nonpigmented horn known as the periople. It functions in cementing the skin to the hoof and in providing the wall with a thin covering resembling a light coat of varnish, which prevents undue evaporation from the horn.

OBS

Part of the hoof in ungulates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

Le bourrelet principal et le bourrelet périoplique produisent respectivement la corne de la paroi et le vernis extérieur du sabot.

OBS

Anatomie du sabot des ongulés.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
OBS

Part of the hoof in ungulates.

OBS

Periople : the layer of soft, light-coloured horn which covers the coronary border of the hoof in ungulates and serves as a transition between soft skin and hard hoof wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
OBS

Anatomie du sabot des ongulés.

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

A condition affecting the hoof wall in the toe region, characterized by loss of substand and change in character of the horn. It is most often a sequela to mild chronic laminitis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Cavité qui s'est formée entre la corne et la partie vivante du pied, elle est le plus souvent sous la paroi mais peut aussi être sous la sole.

Spanish

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Record 12 2008-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Animal Anatomy
OBS

The sole does not flake away, a "pied comble" is when this sole outgrows the hoof wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Anatomie animale
OBS

La sole est convexe et dépasse le bord inférieur de la paroi du sabot.

Spanish

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Record 13 2008-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Animal Anatomy
OBS

The hoof wall is separated from the sensitive tissue near the toe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Anatomie animale
OBS

Cavité formée sous la paroi du sabot, entre la corne et la chair.

Spanish

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Record 14 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 15 2006-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

An extra long toe extension shoe to prevent the horse from walking on the front of the hoof wall.

OBS

The metal may be bent back to prevent injury.

CONT

The Dallmer Club foot shoe and it’s extended toe section is the equivalent of a beaked horseshoe and is designed to correct club foot in foals without using nails.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

[Fer dont] la pince est prolongée, épaisse et recourbée vers le haut...

OBS

... il est aussi souvent souhaitable d'enrouler le devant afin d'éviter les blessures qu'il pourrait infliger. Ce fer est parfois décrit de façon très similaire au fer pinçard.

Spanish

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Record 16 2006-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Coon-Footed... The slope of hoof wall is steeper than the pastern, often associated with long, sloping pasterns tending to the horizontal, which breaks the angulation between pastern and hoof. Usually seen in rear feet, especially in post-legged horses.

CONT

The term "coon-footed" refers to a broken forward axis at the coronary band. A line drawn from the fetlock down to the toe should be straight.

CONT

A pastern which is too long and sloping (coon-footed) causes weakness because it puts undue strain on the tendons, sesamoid bones, and suspensory ligament.

Key term(s)
  • coon footed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Se dit d'un cheval qui a les paturons longs et affaissés.

CONT

Selon que le cheval a les paturons exagérément courts ou longs, on le dit «court» ou «long-jointé». [...] dans le second, les réactions sont plus élastiques, mais les tendons supportent le plus gros effort et risquent d'en souffrir.

CONT

Pour être bien fait, le paturon doit être court. Trop long, il constitue un vice et le cheval est dit long-jointé.

Spanish

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Record 17 2005-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

An extremely upright hoof with a very broken-forward pastern-hoof axis.

CONT

May be caused by flexor deformity. In extreme cases, the digit may be folded back, with the animal bearing weight on its dorsal surface. In congenital club feet, the slope of the heels is usually more upright than that of the toe.

OBS

Ranging from cases where a slight contracture of the tendons causes too much weight bearing on the toe, sometimes bearing only on the toe("pied pinçard"), to cases where the horse walks on the front of the hoof wall("pied bot").

Key term(s)
  • clubfoot
  • club-foot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

pied pinçard : Lorsque le pied appuie seulement sur la pince.

OBS

pied rampin : Lorsque la pince est renversée.

OBS

pied bot : Lorsque, dans un cas encore plus exagéré, le cheval marche sur le devant de sa muraille.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 18 2005-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

The normal attachment of the coffin bone to the hoof wall is loosened, the bone rotates away from the wall and the space [fills] with irregular horn produced by a new set of sensitive laminae that forms near the surface of the bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Au début il s'agit d'une inflammation du tissu sensible (laminite) à l'intérieur du sabot, dans les cas extrêmes la troisième phalange peut en venir à passer à travers la sole.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 19 2005-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Broken foot in which the foot axis ... is more upright than the pastern axis ...

CONT

Pic 2 shows a foot broken forward. This angle creates excessive jarring as there is less spring whereas pic 3 shows the foot broken back. This applies excessive tension on the tendons.

OBS

... the junction of the pastern axis and the foot axis forms a line that is broken, forming a point toward the front. The pastern angle is lower than the hoof angle, the hoof appears stumpy and heels (which are too high) may appear vertical.

OBS

When the slope of the dorsal hoof wall is steeper than that of the pastern, the axis is said to be broken forward.

OBS

Mules often have upright hoofs with a broken-forward foot axis (hoof angles higher than pastern angles) and they tend to have healthier hoofs and legs than horses ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Pour être bien fait, le paturon doit être court. Trop long, il constitue un vice et le cheval est dit long-jointé. Trop court, c'est aussi un défaut et le cheval est court-jointé. S'il est trop incliné, le cheval est bas-jointé. S'il ne l'est pas assez, le cheval est haut-jointé.

OBS

bas-jointé [terme connexe] : Dans le sens retenu ici, l'axe du paturon est plus incliné que l'axe du pied.

Spanish

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Record 20 2005-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Broken foot in which the foot axis ... is less upright than the pastern axis ...

CONT

Pic 2 shows a foot broken forward. This angle creates excessive jarring as there is less spring whereas pic 3 shows the foot broken back. This applies excessive tension on the tendons.

OBS

... the junction of the pastern axis and the foot axis forms a line that is broken (pointing) toward the back. The hoof appears sloping and the toe elongates.

OBS

When the slope of the dorsal hoof wall is shallower than that of the pastern, the axis is said to be broken back.

OBS

Although some studies have been done on a broken-back foot axis (hoof angle lower than the pastern angle), ... one cannot tell if the results are due to a "misalignment" or simply to a low angle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

L'axe du paturon est plus vertical que celui du pied, les talons sont trop bas pour que l'axe pied-paturon forme une ligne droite.

OBS

Pour être bien fait, le paturon doit être court. Trop long, il constitue un vice et le cheval est dit long-jointé. Trop court, c'est aussi un défaut et le cheval est court-jointé. S'il est trop incliné, le cheval est bas-jointé. S'il ne l'est pas assez, le cheval est haut-jointé.

OBS

terme connexe : haut-jointé. (Le paturon n'est pas assez incliné.)

Key term(s)
  • pied à talons bas

Spanish

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Record 21 2005-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

Indentation of the hoof wall, resulting from an accident to the coronary band.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Faiblesse de la paroi du sabot, en quartier, suite à un accident à la couronne.

Spanish

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Record 22 2005-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

Laminae are what bind the hoof wall to the foot bone.... The laminae which interlock with the epidermal laminae are called dermal or sensitive laminae.

OBS

Terms generally used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Les lamelles podophylleuses [...] font partie [du derme lamellaire] et constituent sa surface externe qui est en rapport direct avec les lamelles kéraphylleuses de la paroi du pied.

OBS

Termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 23 2005-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Mammals
CONT

In dairy cows, the rate of growth of the [hoof] wall measured at the abaxial groove(part of the wall just in front of the heel bulb)...

OBS

abaxial: Situated away from the axis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Mammifères
DEF

Sur le sabot des bovins, rainure située juste à l'avant du renflement du talon.

OBS

abaxial : Éloigné de la ligne axiale.

Spanish

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Record 24 2004-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Riveting (Metals)
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

To secure a nail by turning the point sideways after driving through the thickness of the members of receptacles.

CONT

Clench a nail on a hoof wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Rabattre la pointe du clou sur l'autre côté de l'objet qu'il traverse.

CONT

River un clou sur un sabot.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remache (Metalurgia)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 25 2004-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

BREAK OVER. This occurs during that part of the stride when the limb is beginning to move forward and the anterior portion of the hoof leaves the ground. Break over point is that place on the ground surface of the dorsal wall and sole around which the limb rotates as the hoof leaves the ground. An unbalanced hoof, either because of incorrect trimming/shoeing, or hoof or limb pathologies, will not have the correct break over which leads to a host of problems, both actual and potential. It is also important to note that proper heel support is a major player in this equation.

Key term(s)
  • break-over

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

Attention : chercher à amener le petit pied en avant avec un fer muni d'une extension en pince risque de créer des étirements au niveau de la muraille et de la ligne blanche (conséquence : bascule de la troisième phalange, seime, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 26 2004-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

Either of the ends of the wall of a horse's hoof, curving inward toward the center of the sole.

CONT

The reflection of the hoof wall at the heel; there is one bar on each side of the frog.

PHR

Buttress of heel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Prolongement de la paroi du sabot [du cheval] sous le talon et encadrant la fourchette.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 27 2004-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

The hoof wall chips off, separates from the sole and/or readily splits when nails are driven into it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Dont le bord inférieur de la muraille est brisé, éclaté en certains endroits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 28 2004-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

The inferior border of the wall that comes in contact with the ground or shoe.

PHR

Bearing edge of wall of the hoof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Elle porte sur le sol ou le fer.

PHR

Surface portante du paroi du sabot.

Spanish

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Record 29 2004-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

Your first task is to get rid of the clinches : the folded-over nail tips on the hoof wall that hold the shoe on. One way to do this is to "break"--straighten--them with the clinch cutter and hammer. Work the wide blade end of the clinch cutter under the edge of a clinch and hit the cutter's broad opposite end smartly with your hammer a couple of times, until the clinch straightens.

Key term(s)
  • clinch cutter blade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

[...] lame peu affûtée qui permet de dresser les rivets.

OBS

Hache à sabots.

Spanish

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Record 30 2004-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

[A] pus pocket [in a hoof].

CONT

Improperly trimmed feet can lead to cracks and hoof wall separations--one of the most common causes of hoof abscess.... Too much moisture can also make a horse susceptible to hoof abscesses.

CONT

Veterinarian Steve O’Grady of Virginia Equine Podiatry Center,confirmed what I had learned the hard way: hoof abscess is a common cause of acute lameness.

OBS

Abscesses occur when foreign matter, commonly called "gravel, "gains entry into the hoof through the sole-wall junction, orwhite line... The other common cause of subsolar abscess is penetration of the bottom of the foot--usually the sole or frog--by a sharp object.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 31 2002-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A thickened band of extremely vascular tissue that lies at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the horse and related animals and that plays an important part in the secretion of the horny walls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Renflement circulaire, situé à la partie supérieure du sabot, et qui est un organe de production de la corne.

Spanish

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