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By Britt Conklin, DVM
Jan 3, 2018
Q. After a recent ride, I picked up my horse's hoof and found that the frog was hanging off. I've included a photograph I took of it. Why is my horse's frog falling off, and what should I do about it? Is he okay?
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A. The picture reflects a normal process in the horse's foot called exfoliation. Many people understand exfoliation in terms of human skin cells whereby dead cells are chemically or mechanically removed to improve the aesthetic look of the skin. The horse's sole and frog are similar in their cellular makeup to skin and therefore undergo a process whereby older cells "shed" over time...
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http://www.thehorse.com/articles/34438/why-is-the-frog-of-my-horses-foot-falling-off?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=lameness&utm_campaign=01-03-2018
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