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Hungarian Midget Woman
  
Location: Midwest | I don't have a horse with a broken coffin bone, but I am just looking for general info about healing time, treatments, and if these horses ever become riding sound again.
Someone I know has one and it peaked my curiousity about the subject.
Edited by barrelracr131 2015-05-13 10:25 AM
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| Not sure about coffin bone but my good horse chipped his Navicular Bone. My vet thinks it will go ahead and heal but I am skeptical. |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
 
Location: PNW | A good friend of mine had a horse break his coffin bone. He got a special shoe and some months off to rest, but he has come back to full performance. The vet said that as far as breaking bones goes - the coffin is a good one to break. |
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | Back in the early 90's my breakaway horse I used for college rodeos broke his right rear coffin bone. Kicked a cement partition. Dr. Clark in Albion Idaho helped us with him, as he was the best laminitus vet in the area at the time. Gelding had 60 days stall rest, wide webbed bar shoe, 2 grams of bute twice a day to start then tapered off. Hand walking once the stall rest was over. Then light riding but eventually he came back to full use in roping.
Since this was so long ago I would imagine there is better therapy now (lasers, swimming) and much better supplements and nutrition. I would guess it would depend on the severity of the injury for sure. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| Got one off the track with a broken coffin bone, tried heart bar shoes, aluminum wedges, etc., etc., etc. he never really was sound and it sucked because he had a heart of gold. |
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| My cousin is dealing with a broken coffin bone. Vet told her special shoes and year off. They also are trying the Equi-Bone feed. Anyone tried it? |
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Location: Beggs, OK | We had one fracture the flare of the coffin bone....silly kicking mare. She had to have a bar shoe and bute, but no significant time off. I've heard that Shockwave works well on these injuries and I'm sure that the PHT MagnaCu bell boots would be excellent for them as well. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Thanks, everyone  |
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| barrelrider - 2015-05-13 11:55 AM
My cousin is dealing with a broken coffin bone. Vet told her special shoes and year off. They also are trying the Equi-Bone feed. Anyone tried it?
I think the Equi-Bone is good stuff. |
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Location: NW MT | Years ago I had one - not sure how he fractured his coffin bone, but it took a couple mos to heal with a bar shoe & he was great afterwards until he eventually developed arthritis in it. :( |
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