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HoofSearch continues to be a work-at-home project; the office in downtown Gloucester is still shuttered, but we will be back! Use the easy "sign up" button below if you'd like to begin or renew your subscription. Please email hoofsearch@gmail.com if you would like to reach HoofSearch. Thank you!

Because the office is closed, the main phone is connected to voice mail. The best way to reach Fran Jurga is by email: hoofsearch@gmail.com. Thanks!

Donkey hoof science and lameness resources compiled in new free-access HoofSearch interactive reference

HoofSearch, the index of equine foot research, has published an index of peer-reviewed articles and theses on donkey hoof science and lameness studies. The index is freely accessible to anyon...

The Hoofcare Publishing office at 2 Main Street is currently closed. However, business goes on from Fran's home in East Gloucester. So far, the publication schedule for HoofSearch has not been affected by the pandemic. We hope all our friends and subscribers are staying safe and well. We miss you...

Professor Renate Weller of the Royal Veterinary College has kindly offered her point of view of the value of HoofSearch:

“HoofSearch is a great tool for anybody interested in staying up to date with what work is going on in relation to horse feet.

"We are all busy people and this is such an ea...

Who's reading HoofSearch? Michigan State University Equine Foot Lab researcher Lisa Simons Lancaster, PhD, DVM is! Read what she has to say about what she reads on HoofSearch--and why and how, too!

Happy holidays! Anatomy is chapter #1 each month in the HoofSearch index of new peer-reviewed articles, proceedings and patents. So far in 2017, HoofSearch has indexed and linked to 42 new resources on the anatomy of the equine foot and distal limb...along with interesting studies published on bu...

HoofSearch--the intersection of the hoof and research--is a monthly guide document indexing new peer-reviewed research, academic papers, conference proceedings, and patents covering hoof science, equine podiatry and lameness, biomechanics, imaging and related topics like equine metabolic syndrome...