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What Every Horse Owner Should Know about Shoeing
By Monique Craig

This article oringally appeared in Trail Blazer magazine

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Yes, You Can Improve your Horse's Hooves!
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared in Trail Blazer magazine

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The Palmar Metric: Quantifying the Quality of the Equine Distal Phalange
By John J. Craig, Monique Craig, Mathew Burd, and Tracy Turner

This version of this research originally appeard in The European Farrier's Journal

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Thrush: How to Recognize It and How to Prevent It
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeard in Trail Blazer magazine

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Understanding Hoof Problems from the Groud Up
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeard in Trail Blazer magazine

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Common Hoof Problems and What to Do about Them
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared  in Trail Blazer magazine ( 2009 )

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Long Term Study of Rehabilitation from Laminitis in 25 Horses
By Monique Craig and Matt Burd, DVM

This article originally appeared  in theEuropean farrier's Journal ( 2009 )

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Long Term Study of Rehabilitation from Laminitis in 29 Horses Utilizing Composite Shoes
By Matt Burd, DVM, and Monique Craig

This abstract was for Monique's talk at the 5th International Symposium on Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy in Veterinary Medicine, August 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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What Every Horse owner Should Know about Shoeing
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared  in Trail Blazer magazine ( 2009 )

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Hoof Cracks and Politics
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared  in the european Farrier's Journal ( 2009 )

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A Conversation with Stephane Tournier
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared  in the european Farrier's Journal ( 2009 )

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The Value of Measuring the Hoof
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared  in TrailBlazer magazine ( June/July 2008 )

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Now available in German and Portuguese and Russian

Sole and Pedal Bone Shape
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared  in TrailBlazer magazine ( June/July 2008 )

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Now available in Russian


How to Shoe for Founder
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared in the American Farrier's Journal (June/July, 2008) and also in the European Farrier's Journal ( No. 133, 2008 ) as a follow-up to “Tracking a Founder Case over Five years”.

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Tracking a Founder Case over Five Years

By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared in the American Farrier's Journal (June/July, 2007) and in the European Farrier's Journal ( No. 126, 2007)

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The Evolution of the Horse

By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared  in TrailBlazer magazine ( 2007)

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The Hoof Capsule: Wood or Skin?
By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared  in TrailBlazer magazine ( 2007), and in the European Farrier's Journal ( No. 132, 2008 ).

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The Dreaded Founder

By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared in TrailBlazer magazine (January, 2007)

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Hoof & Horse Conformation

By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared in TrailBlazer magazine (issue #6, 2006)

 

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Response to the Comments of…

By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared in The European Farrier's Journal (issue #120, July, 2006)

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Hoof Adaptability

By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared in TrailBlazer magazine (issue #8, 2005)

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Shoeing Founder with Plastic Shoes

By Monique Craig

This article has appeared (in slightly edited form) in the American Farriers Journal (Sep/Oct 2005 issue) and the European Farriers Journal (issue #116, 2005).

 

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Trimming to Maintain Optimal Hoof Health

By Monique Craig

This article originally appeared in TrailBlazer magazine (issue #6, 2005).


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Hoof and Bone Morphology of the Equine Digit: Challenges to Some Common Beliefs

By John J. Craig and Monique Craig

This article was the basis for our talk at the Intl Hoof Summit in Cincinatti in February, 2005. A version of it appeared in the European Farrier's Journal (issue #114, 2005), and a summarized version appeared in the American Farrier's Journal (Jun/Jul 2005 issue).

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Rotation Centers of the Equine Digit and their use in Quantifying Conformation

By John J. Craig, Monique Craig, Michael T. Savoldi, and James K. Waldsmith, DVM

This paper was presented at the Roth Symposium on Kinematics held at Stanford University (Mechanical Engineering Dept.) on June 21, 2003.

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Quantifying Conformation of the Equine Digit from Lateromedial Radiographs

By John J. Craig, Monique Craig, and Tristen Weltner, DVM

This paper was presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Assoc. for Equine Sports Medicine (AESM), September, 2001.

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