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Title: Is this Hoof Rott?
Post by: WoodlandShooter on May 15, 2014, 10:59:50 AM

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Title: Re: Is this Hoof Rott?
Post by: bobcat on May 15, 2014, 11:12:53 AM

Yes, it is what people have been calling "hoof rot." But that term isn't really a good label for the issue, as the hooves are not "rotting" but instead growing excessively until they eventually just break off, and the elk is left with nothing but a bloody stump on the end of its leg.


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