Teeth trauma
Mar 31, 2022
4 minutes
VET notes
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
• What shear mouth is
• How it affects horses
• How to manage it
IN AUGUST 2020, I am presented with a severe case of shear mouth. The pony, Mari, has been rescued by charity Little Nest Rescue at the age of nine after discovering her destined for the meat man.
It has been assumed that she’d suffered a broken jaw as a three-year-old and it was deemed unfixable, and so Mari was left until she could no longer manage. It is safe to say that on meeting her, it is clear that she can no longer manage, and although her jaw has apparently been X-rayed and diagnosed by a
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