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A well-trimmed foot should weight bear on its walls, bars and frog. This occurs as the weight applied to the distal phalanx is then transferred across the interdigitating laminae to the hoof wall. Thus an injury resulting in damage to the laminae is of extreme importance to the horse.  

A well-trimmed foot should weight bear on its walls, bars and frog. This occurs as the weight applied to the distal phalanx is then transferred across the interdigitating laminae to the hoof wall. Thus an injury resulting in damage to the laminae is of extreme importance to the horse.  

See [[Equine Phalanges - Anatomy & Physiology|equine phalages]] for further detail.

See [[Hoof - Horse Anatomy|equine hoof]] for further detail.

===Ruminant Hoof===

===Ruminant Hoof===