Which of the following is a listed cause of corns besides shoes too short?

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Which of the following is a listed cause of corns besides shoes too short?

Corns come from local pressure and trauma to the sole. Concussion, meaning repeated impact or jarring forces on the hoof from hard ground, can bruise the sole and form a corn even when the shoe size isn’t the sole issue. The other options don’t typically cause corns: overgrooming is skin irritation elsewhere, pedal osteitis is inflammation of the pedal bone that shows up as lameness rather than a focal sole bruise, and poor nutrition affects hoof quality more generally rather than creating a specific sole lesion.

Corns come from local pressure and trauma to the sole. Concussion, meaning repeated impact or jarring forces on the hoof from hard ground, can bruise the sole and form a corn even when the shoe size isn’t the sole issue. The other options don’t typically cause corns: overgrooming is skin irritation elsewhere, pedal osteitis is inflammation of the pedal bone that shows up as lameness rather than a focal sole bruise, and poor nutrition affects hoof quality more generally rather than creating a specific sole lesion.

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