Laminitis is one of the most common diseases in horses. It is not only painful for the animal, but also has a significant financial impact on the equine industry. This multifactorial disease affects the connective tissue of the hoof. However, the pathogenesis of laminitis is still not fully understood. Endotoxins, also known as lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and bacterial exotoxins seem to play an ...

BACKGROUND Hoof lesions are very common among sows and have been associated with lameness, early removal and compromised welfare and productivity. Although housing conditions and management can have an external effect on hoof health status, the role of trace mineral intake is vital in developing hoof structure and integrity. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the effect o...

Research into the structure and function of the hoof wall has proven fundamental to the understanding of how important diseases such as laminitis develop. This article reviews current information on the equine hoof wall and its internal lamellar layer (with notes on the developmental mechanism of laminitis) in the hope that a more unified approach to the rational management of the hoof wall, by...

Horses stand on the tips of their middle fingers and toes. In each forelimb, they bear their weight on an adapted fingernail which forms the hoof wall. This hoof wall is strongly attached to the last bone (third phalanx) which, in turn, is tied into the column of support in such a way that the complex locomotory forces received through the hoof capsule are directed up into the limb in alignment...

<italic>Treponema pedis</italic>, a fastidious anaerobic spirochete, is one of the main pathogens involved in development and progression bovine digital dermatitis (BDD), lameness-causing hoof infection cattle. Here, complete genome sequencing <italic>T. pedis</italic> GNW45 isolated from dairy cow infected with BDD, was presented. Libraries for long short reads were seq...

Human epidermis, hair, nails, and kidney as well as bovine and horses' hooves were found to contain a lipid fraction, which on thin-layer chromatography migrated slightly ahead of the cerebroside sulfate esters and gave the color reaction specific for sialic acid. This fraction was isolated from horse hoof, in which it constituted nearly half of the total lipids. The purified fraction contained...

Compared to research conducted into the development of transoceanic meatways between Europe, Americas, and Australasia during long nineteenth century, relatively little is known about how internationalized in East Asia. This article fills this gap literature by investigating Japan exploited bovine resources colonial Korea. As a “hoof-to-table history,” it explains bureaucrats, agricultural scie...

This review provides insight on potential host-specific factors that increase individual susceptibility to infection and transmission of bovine digital dermatitis. Digital dermatitis is increasing in prevalence within herds worldwide yields economic losses for producers welfare issues animals. A total 34 relevant studies were reviewed based the inclusion criteria. decrease disease was found ani...

AIMS To determine the frontal plane position of the ground reaction force vector at its centre of pressure under the hoof of walking horses, and its projection through the distal limb joints, and to relate this to hoof geometric measurements. METHODS Reflective markers were glued to the forelimb hooves and skin of 26 horses, over palpable landmarks representing centres of the coffin, fetlock ...

Keratins are the characteristic structural proteins of the highly cornified epidermis of the skin, feathers, and hoof. Keratin proteins provide the structural basis for the unique properties of the biomaterial horn and its protective function against a wide range of environmental factors. Hoof horn is produced through a complex process of differentiation (keratinization) of epidermal cells. For...