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The coffin bone is the template for the hoof capsule.  A hoof that fails to reflect the shape of the underlying bone is deformed.

In a side view, a profile of the coffin bone is roughly triangular.  The longest side of the triangle is its base, the template for the horn of the sole.  A collection of coffin bones from horses’ fore feet show relatively little variation from one horse to another with regard to the angles of the triangle.  The same is true of the hind feet.  Depending on the size of the horse from which the bones came, there will be some variation in the size of the bone but the angles will be more or less constant.  For this reason, there is constancy to the shape of the hoof capsule, as seen from the same side view.  The following geometric constants are recognized:

Any gross departure from the above angles, on either side, indicates a deformity of the hoof capsule.

If the angles are correct (the last two criteria), the orientation of the coffin bone and the sole of the hoof (the first two criteria) will also be correct.  Thus, the two criteria that provide the key to recognizing deformity from a side view are any gross departure from:

The solar surfaces of the coffin bones are concave, with the hind limb bones being even more strongly arched than the fore limb.  Accordingly, fore and hind soles should be concave, with the highest point of the sole at the apex of the frog.  Flat soles are deformed soles.  Similarly, the shape of the sole is determined by the shape of the base of the normal coffin bone.  An imaginary line extending the collateral grooves of the frog beyond the heels should pass outside the curves of the bulbs.  Hooves with heels that converge strongly are deformed.  Thus the two tests of normality as judged from the ground surface of the hoof are:

As the coffin bone seen from the front is a cone, with its base wider than its top, the hoof should have a corresponding shape:

      E: The coronet should be parallel with the base and the side walls of equal height

      F. The side walls should slope outwards at the same angles as the coffin bone, the medial wall being the steepest.

1. W. Robert Cook FRCVS PhD: Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, USA;

Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Cellular Biology at the Medical School, Tufts University, 1985-1986; Telephone: (410) 778 9005;

Date: 1^st October 2005

2. Hiltrud Strasser, Dr.med.vet, Institut für Hufgesundheit Tuebingen, Germany, Phone/Fax: 0049 7071 87572.

Date: 15th October 2005

3. Ian A. Silver MA, FRCVS: Professor Emeritus of Comparative Pathology; Senior Research Fellow, Department of Veterinary Anatomy; Chairman, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Bristol. UK; Adjunct Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, USA.  Tel:+44-(0) 117-928 8362. Date: 17^th October 2005

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