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<\/p>\nEric Ross<\/p>\n
Week 4<\/p>\n
Blue Rabbit pt. 1\u00a0WD:467<\/p>\n
10\/19\/2014<\/p>\n
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3D Horseshoes<\/p>\n
In a world full of mass produced\u00a0 junk is it OK to create something useful? 3d printing can be used to improve plant, animal and environmental life.<\/p>\n
The following image is of a horseshoe that was 3d printed by CSIRO in Australia. This shoe is a titanium shoe printed. for a horse named Holly she has Laminitis a disease that affects the attachment between hoof and bone and causes pain and\u00a0inflammation. These shoes are remarkable bringing pain relief to horses everywhere.<\/p>\n
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My Idea is to create something significant to do my part and help improve the planet. This is what I’ve been thinking about the horseshoes and how much its improved Holly’s\u00a0life in Australia. I want to use this idea in America\u00a0to help horses with Laminitis. Due to excessive intake of grass and grains being a common\u00a0trigger\u00a0www.animedvets.co.uk\/laminitis<\/a>\u00a0mentioned prevention through diet. Some other risk factors other than diet include\u00a0enlargement of the Pars Intermedia of the Pituitary gland\u00a0and high insulin levels.<\/p>\n I believe\u00a0my Idea is important because eight thousand\u00a0horses per year get Laminitis and of those eight thousand\u00a0\u00a0six hundred are\u00a0euthanized. Laminitis\u00a0is a disease that has affected the horse from the beginning of recorded time.\u00a0\u00a0If one those horses can be saved than what are we\u00a0waiting for?<\/p>\n CSIRO and a veterinarian\u00a0named DR Luke Wells-Smith have created a titanium horse shoe for a 10 year old mare named Holly. They scanned her hoof and 3d printed a shoe perfectly fitting her hoof. The new shoes redistribute the weight away from painful areas and allows Holly and other horses to heal.(http:\/\/www.csiro.au\/Portals\/Media\/Hollys-Christmas-wish-comes-true.aspx)<\/p>\n Amanda Lee Welch researched Laminitis of the bovine claw, What if this idea can be used on other animals\u00a0that suffer from this disease. Think of how many animals we can relive from this burden.(http:\/\/www.udel.edu\/ocm\/development\/evan\/delete_me\/envirotext_ek_older.html)<\/p>\n Maryland farrier Henry\u00a0Heymering\u00a0wrote a paper in 2010 titled a Historic Perspective of Laminitis. At the end he concluded. \u00a0“We\u2019ve had nearly 2,000 years of bleeding as treatment, 1,700 years of exercise as treatment and more than 40 years of\u00a0phenylbutazone\u00a0as treatment \u2013 without proof of effectiveness in treating laminitis. Although longevity suggests effectiveness, until we have proof of our treatments, future generations may find them as quaint and misdirected\u201d as the ancient treatments that have come before.\u00a0(Historical perspective of laminitis\u00a0Henry W.\u00a0Heymering, CJF, RMF)<\/p>\n What\u00a0I believe\u00a0\u00a0he is trying to say is that until we know what treatments work we will doubt\u00a0current treatments out there. So if this idea can help there will be no need for doubt or skepticism.<\/p>\n So without a doubt I believe that this idea is worth spending the rest of the quarter on. If I can help\u00a0just one animal it will be worth that and more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blue Rabbit Sources<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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