Are heel bulb laceration the most common type of leg injury? It seems to happen alot with horses that are in pipe shelters rather than horses that are in barns.

I was doing some study and found that it can even be life threatening and is very common to have it over looked as the laceration appears to be only superficial.

Has anyone had any close calls with this one? I always watch our horses feet and when I run across one it seems whatever is on hand seems to always do the job but now find that
chlorhexidine at a 1:40 solution is the antiseptic of choice.

Just want to make sure if anyone has had any luck with a better solution.

I have not ran into this with any horse I have had. I also keep both my horses in pipe corrals. I am guessing it is more common in a pipe corral because of the great risk of casting???

If a horse can get their foot around it they can get a laceration. I have seen a number of these over the years from mild to major. Caused by wire, metal siding, fencing, a horse over-reaching on itself. Some of the mild ones you can get away with bandaging until completely healed, others will require stitches and bandaging, and others will require hospital stays to clean the wounds daily to every other day and then will be sutured and a cast put on so it will heal properly. The general rule of thumb for any leg injury is to have a vet look at it immediately, since there is not alot of muscle and tissue covering the leg, even what looks like a minor cut could turn out to be a major problem if it is not treated properly. With leg injuries it is better to be safe than sorry.