Nail prick

When nailing is called a that appears in the shoeing of horses injury. There are two forms of nailing: the bloodless nail printing and the bleeding nail down. In each case represents the nailing is an impairment of the dermis by a Hufnagel, which lameness, even severe inflammation with pus formation can be induced.

Symptoms

Since the nail puncture through the nail tip a "living " and pain- sensitive part of the hoof is injured, the horse will usually show an immediate response ( twitching, Fort tearing of the hoof ). When bloodless nail printing is the chosen Hufnagel of the dermis only too close to what triggers a pinch or pressure; in general, the pain response occurs only late. At each nailing applies: As with all injuries produced by shoeing set the observable symptoms such as unexplained transition ( "ticking" ), lameness in the affected limb, etc. after the injury occurred rapidly (within 48 hours ) and relatively dramatically. An " unknown gear", which can be observed five days after the fitting, is likely to have in all probability other causes.

The cause of the Vernagelns can be:

• Unsuitable distance of the nail holes from the ground surface to the inside ( perforation of the horseshoe )
• The same poor, the anatomical shape of the hoof not appropriate shaping ( erection )
• Thin hoof walls and steep
• Incorrect application of the Hufnagel, of an asymmetrically shaped tip ( freemartin ) has, so it exits when nailing the leather skin to the outside and not " to life " is

There are in the majority so reasons for nailing into consideration that the farrier has to represent.

Treatment

With nail printing is often enough to remove the " oppressive " nail to see an immediate success can ( horse goes lame again free).

In the simple nail stitch where the nail tip of the horn wall has escaped properly, but a capillary is injured in the dermis ( blood on the nail tip ), it should be enough to remove the nail again and its branch canal with a disposable syringe and a suitable disinfectant rinse (eg iodoform - ether, 10 %).

If a Hufnagel wrong an attached gusset ( rotated by 180 ° ) at full lock, so a serious violation of the corium is probable violation of the Hufbeinknochens not be excluded. In this case, the shoe has to be removed from the injured hoof immediately.

Is it already come to a purulent inflammation, the damaged part of the hoof is to curtail the extent that the pus to drain. In any case, anti-inflammatory envelopes are applied to a progression or occurrence of inflammation to prevent.

Follow-up treatment

There is an urgent need to continue to monitor the affected hoof of the horse in the next three days, if any is an inflammation in the hoof capsule.

Legal consequences

The farrier or hoof is the owner of the horse towards compensation for the damage done by himself obliged damage (insurance). It is under a duty to keep the damage as low as possible. It must then immediately leave at a nailing the owner of the horse or the person authorized by him a message to come, so that a treatment / control can be organized. It is the presence or absence of the owner / his authorized representative not of concern. Each knowingly concealing would be assessed as an indication of the attempt of fraud within the meaning of fraud. As negligence and wrought technical malpractice applies because of the risk of further nailing when the farrier did not immediately return away but leaves a not beaten by the hoof wall to the outside nail in the hoof wall.