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. 2004 Dec;45(12):1004–1011.

Table 2.

Hoof wall abnormalities found on physical examination of 306 nonracing horses in Prince Edward Island. Categories are not mutually exclusive

Horse type
Miniature
Light
Draft
Hoof wall abnormality n = 34 % n = 221 % n = 51 % χ2 P
Cracks 0 0 48 21.7 29 56.8 40.0 <0.001
Breaks 3 8.8 69 31.2 26 51.0 16.9 <0.001
White line disease 0 0 20 9.1 6 11.8 3.9 0.14
Excessive length 9 26.5 66 29.9 7 13.7 5.5 0.064