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Your searching days are over: You've found HoofSearch, the "information scout" on the hoof. Your map to follow peer-reviewed, lameness-specific equine research has been drawn. And you're invited to subscribe!

Let HoofSearch, the award-winning scientific index, keep you updated; it will connect you to the new studies you need. Watch your comprehension of global research and science surge, as your confidence in organization and knowing "where I can find things easily" allow you to relax, once the HoofSearch reports are on your screen.

What's HoofSearch? A series of monthly index reports linking you to all new peer-reviewed articles, academic theses, patents, and conference proceedings from around the world. HoofSearch is retrievable from your smartphone, tablet, and computer, and is searchable across the months for author and topic keywords.

HoofSearch collects all the new research for you and sends you ONE email a month. The email contains a link to a private document, usually 60-100 pages, that is quick to scan or browse. You simply click the link in the email; it opens the document in your browser, on any device connected to the Internet. The document will become your compass; it contains citations, key details, and links to all the peer-reviewed papers and patents published on the horse's foot during the preceding month.

It is my pleasure to strongly recommend HoofSearch to anyone interested in research on the equine hoof, anatomy, biomechanics, imaging, and lameness. . .I am convinced that HoofSearch is the most efficient way for busy veterinary practitioners, farriers, and other equine professionals to stay current on the latest equine research." --Maarten Oosterlinck, DVM, PhD, Dipl ECVSMR, Dipl ECVS (European Veterinary Specialist in Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ghent University, Belgium)

You will read previews of articles you'll see from journals you receive, monitor articles in the journals you don't receive--and learn about journals and web resources you haven't even discovered yet. The entries lead you to sportsmedicine, anatomy and biomechanics journal articles, conference proceedings, academic theses, and even patents from six continents. (Many foreign-language paper details are translated to English for you.)

Everywhere professionals are involved in equine podiatry, biomechanics, and lameness research, the push is on to share publications, data, and awareness. That's where HoofSearch comes in--and brings you with it, right into the middle of the exciting progress being made to improve care and quality of life for the horses in our care.

HoofSearch covers 14 topics as well as an always-intriguing "other" section. Month by month, you will see the knowledge base of this specific zone of equine science expand and progress.

HoofSearch is the first of its kind in the equine field. Librarians call services like this a "selective dissemination indicator". It collects citation metadata and abstract snippets on a specific topic, as provided by journals, databases, and university repositories and organizes it for you (and your librarian, students, or colleagues) in topic groups. It delivers ONLY equine lameness-related research papers and articles, and is organized for use by researchers tracking their topics of study and by practitioners in the field who need to know where research is headed, and how it affects their cases. HoofSearch is compiled manually from more than 60 databases and repositories, including Scopus, ScienceDirect, PubMed, OATD, SciForum, and many others. HoofSearch is not an artificial intelligence algorithm.

I have subscribed to HoofSearch for several years and have found it an invaluable resource for keeping up with recent publications related to equine orthopaedic and poor performance problems and more basic equine research. Its scope goes way beyond the equine hoof. I find it easy to use and can thoroughly recommend it to anyone who wants to stay up to date." -- Sue Dyson, MA, VetMB, PhD, DEO (United Kingdom)

Pursue new research with intentional clicks as you read each snippet or browse it all at once and come back later to follow the links you want to investigate. And read it anywhere you can connect to the Internet: in the clinic, at home, in your favorite coffee shop, on the road, at the library, or even in a client's stable aisle.

Each month's edition covers the wide world of hoof and lameness research: It wanders into stable management and arena/track surfaces, collects new papers on diagnostics and imaging, surveys research on racing safety and injury, and brings you specific papers on breed/sport foot problems and lameness. Of course, it delves deeply into laminitis and the latest research on insulin dysregulation, as well as navicular disease, imaging, diagnostics, anatomy, biomechanics and much more.

HoofSearch is worth its weight in gold – instead of spending countless of hours scouring the literature, I just go through HoofSearch each month and find all the new publications, proceedings and patents neatly classified and enough of the abstract to convey the contents of the article. HoofSearch is fantastic." -- Hilary Clayton, BVMS, PhD, Dipl. ACVSMR, MRCVS (USA)
HoofSearch is endorsed and used by many of the world's leading practitioners and educators, as well as by university reference librarians and students. Endorsements have been received from subscribers like (top row, left to right): Maarten Oosterlinck, Ellen Staples, Haydn Price, Lisa Lancaster; (bottom row): Renate Weller, Sue Dyson, Scott Morrison, and Hilary Clayton.

What you need to know: HoofSearch is not a journal itself. It is a live-linked document connecting subscribers directly to articles and theses published in the previous month. It's not beautiful. It's not glossy or slick. It is stripped down for fast browsing and ease of use. Citations are fully accurate but may not comply with a standard style; titles are moved to the top, to speed browsing.

Think of it as a scouting report.

Your monthly reports are automatically stored in your private Hoofsearch dashboard folder, month after month, so you can do a keyword search across multiple months. You'll be able to go back and find that review article on canker or keratomas in a few seconds, from anywhere.

HoofSearch is a great tool for anybody interested in staying up to date with what work is going on in relation to horse feet. I would like to congratulate Fran for not only having this great idea, but also making it a trustworthy source at an affordable price.” --Renate Weller, Dr Med.Vet, PhD, MRCVS, FHEA, DipECVSMR (Dean and Professor, University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Canada)
Use HoofSearch on any or all your devices, anywhere there is a wifi or cellular connection.

Important: The document cannot be copied, shared or downloaded; it lives on the web and works equally well on phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers. Mobile viewing is via your device's browser, or you can download the free Google Docs app for improved viewing. You can retrieve your months' reports on multiple devices. A verifiable email address is required to receive the link.

HoofSearch is a great way for veterinarians to catch up on foot-related research, and for farriers to explore and learn from content within the research community." -- Ellen Staples, DVM, CJF (Canopy Equine Veterinary and Podiatry, USA)

Listings fill 50-80 pages in a typical month. The citations are carefully curated into 15 sub-topics. You can easily jump between topics, and ignore any that are not relevant to your interests. If you're interested in laminitis or patents or biomechanics, you can go straight to that section. And once you're there, here's what you will see:

Each month, a majority of articles are free to view/download, thanks to "Open Access" publishing and journal options. These documents are clearly marked with a GREEN access label. Articles that require a subscription, society membership, or university library credentials have RED labels. The listing above identifies a green Open Access article. The listing below is for a red sign-in-access-only article.
The red label warns you of a limited access or "paywall" article. The full paper/pdf requires sign-in credentials provided by the publisher or a library. However, by clicking the link you can still read the full abstract/summary and find more information about the authors or references, related articles that may be free to view, and find a path to purchase a download of the paper.
We use HoofSearch to keep us up to date on all the developments in our field, it really is a great resource for all of us. This service it is well worth it!”--Scott Morrison, DVM, (Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, USA)

A link to the monthly edition of HoofSearch can be waiting for you in your email each month. Become a subscriber, and broaden your exposure to equine research with a very small investment.

Take HoofSearch to the library with you to quickly access articles you've chosen to read. Reference librarians will appreciate the links and accurate citations and help you find what you need to do in-depth research.

Subscription rate: One year: All 12 monthly lists: $119.00 pre-paid. Net cost: $10 per report!

More details: All subscriptions are for individual users only. Questions? Need help? Send an email.

About Fran Jurga: Fran is a career journalist and publisher with decades of experience in hoof, veterinary, and equestrian publishing and a wall of awards to prove that her efforts have been noticed. Hoofcare Publishing, the parent company for HoofSearch, has long been a leader in innovative methods of compiling and sharing information for and from busy professionals in the field and in research. Recently, Fran was named a national library research fellow--the first on the hoof! In 2017 she gambled that her global Internet scientific "hoofsearching" skills might be useful to others. She was right!

So, take a deep breath. There's so much to read out there, and you'll have it all in one place. Be part of the bright new future for science in the equine health sector with the new--and, yes, slightly nerdy--monthly reference treasure map available exclusively from Fran Jurga and HoofSearch.

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Thank you for images used: P. Cutler, Chris Devers, Kamil Porembiński and Boston University; other images by Professor Chris Pollitt and Jazz Napravnik. Horse foot Vinylite and corrosion casting image courtesy of Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ, University of São Paulo, Brazil. All other images by Fran Jurga.