Laminitis

TheHorse.com offers a Webinar where you can now listen, watch, and learn about what happens within the hoof of a laminitic horse, common causes of laminitis, how horse owners can work with their veterinarians to prevent the disease, and treatment methods.
In May, TheHorse.com brought you the industry's first Web-based live seminar "Understanding Laminitis," featuring two practitioners and researchers who have spent their lives trying to solve the mystery of laminitis and help horses and their owners. Rustin Moore, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, and Jim Belknap, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, of The Ohio State University (OSU), hosted the live Webinar at the OSU veterinary school.

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• horse
• health
• laminitis
• barbaro
• hoof
• founder

[BigInfowarrior]

Nice slides & thanks for the infos.

[TheHorseVideo]

@BigInfowarrior Glad you liked it! :)

[dahoss65]

I would have loved to hear this guys opinion on "is there a difference between laminitis and founder" All these years horseman always said founder is just another word for laminitis. But ive always felt that there were two parts to this ailment. I felt that a horse could contract laminitis and later founder, but couldnt founder unless he contracted laminitis first.

[TheHorseVideo]

Drs. Moore and Belknap explain: "laminitis is a term used for any animals exhibiting laminar pain regardless of whether or not there is displacement of the distal phalanx (coffin bone), whereas "founder" is most commonly used to describe a horse with laminitis in which displacement (rotation and/or "sinking") of the distal phalanx has occurred."

[articlescholar]

Strange responses for this video once more.

[hoofrise]

What a crock of shit! Maybe if people would wake up to the Real Barefoot Trimmers out there. Not the farriers and not the bad trimmers. Laminitis is not a disease.

[mrbubble08]

VET'S dont understand the hoof as much as they would like you to think they do!

[dahoss65]

Sorry I didnt see your reply sooner. Ok so what I gather from that is "laminitis is a term used for any animals exhibiting laminar pain" sorta like colic is a general term to describe any abdominal pain?

[PandoraJadedBox]

Wow. This is very informative. Our TB was foundered when we first rescued her but now is doing great.

[dahoss65]

Its my thinking that it wasnt foundering until the sensitive laminae died and separted from the coffin bone causing the bone to rotate or slip downward. Its my belief that if you catch laminitis soon enough you can prevent the foundering. Ive been thinking this way for like 15 years now even though all my vet books dont.