Hickman's Farriery A Complete Illustrated Guide

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1988-12-01
Publisher(s): J A Allen & Co Ltd
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Summary

The standard textbook for professional farriers, veterinary surgeons, and studentsa complete illustrated guide covering the entire art of shoeing horses.

Author Biography

Colonel John Hickman, MA, FRCVS, Hon. FWCF, is Emeritus Reader in Animal Surgery of the University of Cambridge. He served in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps from 1936 to 1947 and was Honorary Colonel Commandant from 1970-1979. He was the founder President of the British Equine Veterinary Association and the first Editor of the Equine Veterinary Journal.

Table of Contents

Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal GCVO vii
Acknowledgements viii
Preface ix
Introduction and History of Horseshoeing
1(17)
Introduction
1(1)
History
1(15)
The future
16(2)
The Anatomy and Physiology of the Front and Hind Legs
18(38)
Anatomical terms
18(2)
Bones
20(10)
Joints
30(5)
Muscles
35(4)
Blood vessels
39(4)
Nerves
43(2)
The hoof
45(4)
The corium
49(4)
The digital cushion
53(1)
The physiology of the foot
53(3)
The Horseshoe and Horseshoe Nails
56(16)
The horseshoe
56(8)
Nail holes
64(3)
Machine-made horseshoes
67(1)
Horseshoe nails
68(4)
Styles of Horseshoeing
72(8)
Thoroughbred racing (flat racing, hurdling and steeplechasing)
72(1)
Standardbred racing (trotting and pacing)
73(1)
Hunters, show jumpers, polo ponies and hacks
74(1)
Driving horses and ponies
75(1)
Draught horses
76(1)
Hackneys
77(2)
Mules and donkeys
79(1)
Tools and Equipment
80(15)
Clothing
80(1)
Shoeing tools
80(5)
Forge tools
85(6)
Forges and forge fittings
91(4)
Shoemaking
95(41)
Managing a fire
95(1)
Forging exercises
96(6)
Cutting the correct length of bar
102(1)
Making a front shoe from concave fullered bar
102(9)
Making a hind shoe from concave fullered bar
111(2)
Making a hind shoe with a calkin and wedge
113(4)
Making a plain fullered shoe
117(7)
Making special shoes
124(10)
Working with aluminium alloy
134(1)
Working with tool steel
134(2)
The Practice of Shoeing
136(1)
Management and control of the horse
136(2)
Conformation
138(11)
The horse's gait
149(3)
Wear of the shoe
152(1)
Removing a shoe
153(4)
Trimming the foot
157(4)
Fitting the shoe
161(1)
Nailing on a shoe and finishing off
167(4)
Causes of lameness associated with shoeing
171

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