Lameness & Definition

Question 1

Hoof Tester

Answer 1

Tool used to apply pressure to various parts of the foot to locate pain.

Question 2

Pulse (relating to lameness)

Answer 2

Can be found at the point where the lateral and medial arteries pass over the proximal sesamoids.

Question 3

Lameness

Answer 3

Abnormal gait due to pain.

Question 4

Therapeutic Shoeing

Answer 4

Farriery strategies aimed at preventing a potential injury, or managing chronic lameness issues.

Question 5

Obel Grade 3 Lame

Answer 5

Reluctant to move and vigorously resists attempts to lift the other foot.

Question 6

Flexion Test

Answer 6

Holding a limb in a certain position for about 45 seconds before releasing it and trotting the horse off to ascertain lameness.

Question 7

Limb

Answer 7

An involuntary change in gait, as a result of trying to protect an injured anatomical structure.

Question 8

Pathological Shoeing

Answer 8

Farriery strategies aimed at helping horses with diseased or damaged limbs.

Question 9

Obel Grade 4 Lame

Answer 9

Refuses to move and will only do so if forced.

Question 10

Regional Anesthesia

Answer 10

A veterinary procedure, used in pinpointing an injury by sequentially deadening specific areas of the limb.

Question 11

Obel Grade 1 Lame

Answer 11

Alternate lifting of the feet. Stilted gait at the trot. No lameness evident at the walk.

Question 12

Surgical Shoeing

Answer 12

Farriery related to repairing hooves following surgery.

Question 13

Corrective Shoeing

Answer 13

Farriery applied to improvement of a foot toward an ideal.

Question 14

Obel Grade 2 Lame

Answer 14

Willing to walk, but stilted. Still able to lift the other foot off the ground.