Do You Know? Are Horses’ Hooves Made of Cartilage, Or…?

Are Horses’ Hooves Made Out of…Cartilage?

What is the protein that horses’ hooves are made of? What in our own bodies is made of this same protein? Answer our Just-for-Fun Trivia question.

TRUE OR FALSE: Horses’ hooves are made of the same protein that forms human cartilage.

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ANSWER: False. Horses’ hooves are made of keratin, the same protein that forms human hair and fingernails.

[6 STEPS to healthier horse hooves.]

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