Laminitis in Horses

Laminitis in Horses ABSTRACT: Laminitis is a painful and serious disease that can cause lameness in horses. It is an inflammation of the laminae. The Laminae is tissue that connects coffin bone and the wall of the hoof. Laminitis can occur in any horse, usually obese horses, and ponies. It is caused by changes of horses' feed, lush grass, retained placenta, intake of cold water while horse is still hot, surgery, trauma to the hoof, …

…hot to the touch. The horse looks restless, trying to find a comfortable way to rest his legs, pointing of the front toes. Bibliography Literature Cited http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ceps/PetColumns/equine_laminitis.html http://www.equine-world.com/laminitis.html http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/1330/horses/laminitis.html McArdle, Camille, D.V.M., Fear of Founder, Horse Illustrated, May 1996. http://saddleclub.dbw.org/danger.html http://www.olympus.net/personal/pvd/pvd.html