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As you can see, determining the nature of a horse’s lameness is a critical part of our inspection methodology in view of the valuable diagnostic clues that this intelligence provides. Fortunately, this exercise is relatively simple for the informed observer. Several visual markers that are unique to both weight-bearing and non weight-bearing issues enable one to judge the nature of most gait deficits with confidence. The majority of these indicators, which will be highlighted in ssss1 (ssss1), are relatively obvious once we know which aspects of the horse’s gait demand special attention.

From a visual standpoint, all gait deficits are “real” in that they alter movement and produce lameness. Some deficits, however, exist for the sole purpose of helping the horse to adjust for a shift in body weight or balance that occurred as a result of a problem somewhere else. Without constant incitement from the primary issue, this secondary “adjustment” would instantly resolve. Since it is nothing more than a visible product of another lameness, we denote this type of gait deficit as artificial or referred.