Contents of Issue #74

Published in January 2001

Hoofcare's World (news items)

• Affirmed: Another Triple Crown Winner Lost to Laminitis
• Farrier Instructor Awarded $20 million by Jury
• Save the date: Cornell at Saratoga Conference August 12-15, 2001
• 15 minutes of fame: Hoofcare Office Featured in "The Perfect Storm"
• Serenity Equine: Long Term Integrated Treatment Facility for Laminitis
• Edward Martin Named Supreme Master, a 700 Year Old Honor
• Got oxygen? Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers for Horses

Editorial: 
No shoes, no hoof? Fran Jurga on Strasser Hoofcare

Feature:
Rethinking Traditional Hoofcare:
The Strasser Theory Flies in the Face of Mainstream Farrier Logic
By Lisa Simons

Barefoot's Contessa: Martha Olivo Educates Owners on Strasser Theories

Feature:
Conformation Defects vs Deformed Hoof Capsules; Can You Tell the Difference?
(excerpt from the book, No Foot No Horse)
By Martin Deacon FWCF and Gail Williams PhD

Chris Pollitt's Gross Examination of a Sloughed Hoof Capsule at Rochester Equine Clinic's "Laminitis Master Class for the New Millennium"
By Fran Jurga

Create a Natural Rim Shoe: Quick Modification on the Job
(Conversion of St Croix Light Rim shoe to a functional "natural balance" shoe)
By Stan Trestick

Sydney 2000: Hoofcare for Team USA at the Olympics
By Steve Teichman, USA farrier

SPECIAL FEATURE: The Hoofcare Archive
15-Year Index to Articles Published 1985-2000:

Update on Fructans for Farriers (Grazing Advice to Avoid Grass Founder; role of carbohydrates in laminitis process)
by Teresa Hollands

Couping Clydesdales in Scotland: Hoofcare & Lameness Equine Welfare Report

Four-Point Trimming Endures Researchers' Scrutiny
A Grayson Research Foundation report

PLUS The New Market: Product Information

On Our Cover:
"Shadow Stroke", an original pastel by Kim McElroy, was the star of the art display at last summer's "Cornell at Saratoga" equine health conference. Only a work of art can give so many details, yet still ask questions that will remain forever unanswered. See more of Kim's art at www.spiritofthehorse.com or write to her at Box 1250, Kingston, WA 98346; tel 1 800 842 1123.

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