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A '''shipping bandage''', or '''shipping wrap''', is a type of bandage used on the lower legs of a horse to protect the animal while travelling. The bandage starts are the bottom of the knee or hock, and ends at the floor, protecting the cannon bone, tendons of the lower leg, fetlock, pastern, coronet, and heels of the horse. |
A '''shipping bandage''', or '''shipping wrap''', is a type of bandage used on the lower legs of a horse to protect the animal while travelling. The bandage starts are the bottom of the knee or hock, and ends at the floor, protecting the cannon bone, tendons of the lower leg, fetlock, pastern, coronet, and heels of the horse. |
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Shipping bandages are superior to shipping boots, as they usually to offer more protection than an ordinary shipping boot and tend to keep the circulation flowing in the lower leg. However, they can be detrimental if the person applying the bandage does not know how to do so properly, and may even injure the horse. Therefore, it is best to use shipping boots if one is inexperienced in bandaging a horse's leg |
Shipping bandages are superior to shipping boots, as they usually to offer more protection than an ordinary shipping boot and tend to keep the circulation flowing in the lower leg. However, they can be detrimental if the person applying the bandage does not know how to do so properly, and may even injure the horse. Therefore, it is best to use shipping boots if one is inexperienced in bandaging a horse's leg |
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Revision as of 14:10, 15 September 2005
A shipping bandage, or shipping wrap, is a type of bandage used on the lower legs of a horse to protect the animal while travelling. The bandage starts are the bottom of the knee or hock, and ends at the floor, protecting the cannon bone, tendons of the lower leg, fetlock, pastern, coronet, and heels of the horse.
Shipping bandages are superior to shipping boots, as they usually to offer more protection than an ordinary shipping boot and tend to keep the circulation flowing in the lower leg. However, they can be detrimental if the person applying the bandage does not know how to do so properly, and may even injure the horse. Therefore, it is best to use shipping boots if one is inexperienced in bandaging a horse's leg