The Risk of a Shod and Unshod Horse Kick to Create Orbital Fractures in Equine Cadaveric Skulls.

Rahel JossFabio BaschnagelStefani OhlerthGabor PiskotyAnton FürstAndrea S Bischofberger

Published in: Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T (2019)

The orbital fracture probability was significantly higher when a kick of a shod versus unshod horse was simulated. This indicates that keeping horses unshod would decrease the injury risk of neighbouring horses when considering group housing systems.

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