TENDON FIRING AND BLISTERING – A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE FOR AND AGAINST ITS CONTINUED USE IN HORSES - Dr David Marlin
Have you ever had a horse with a tendon injury fired or blistered? If your horse had a tendon injury would you consider firing? Do you think tendon firing is effective?
BACKGROUND
Firing of horse tendons appears to have originated in the Middle Ages and that’s where it should have stayed. I don’t think history will look favourably on the horse world for continuing the use of firing despite several studies that show . . .