thrush symptoms

So if thrush doesn’t always look like typical thrush, how do you know if your horse may have it in one or more of his feet?

Here are some symptoms that people wouldn’t typically associate with thrush in horses:

heel pain
small, ratty-appearing frog
deep crevice in central sulcus of frog
contracted heels
toe-first landing
resistance to having feet picked up or cleaned

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So if thrush doesn’t always look like typical thrush, how do you know if your horse may have it in one or more of his feet?

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