Navicular Bone Research Paper

Navicular can be caused by galloping on hard ground or it is a hereditary condition. For this reason horses with navicular are not suitable to be bred from. I have found horses with navicular whilst in the early stages may not yet display lameness but had one who started rearing 8 weeks before going lame. The navicular bone is a very small bone in the foot and changes to this bone make it become rough. This then means the tendon running over the navicular bone has to run over a rough surface.

Laminitis, this is caused by bad conformation, lack of exercise, too much grass. The typical laminitis patients are small ponies that tend to be good doers who are overweight and on too much grass. Once a pony has had laminitis it is prone to contract