· Excessive weight-bearing on one leg due to injury of another leg or any other alteration of the normal gait. · Although controversial, prolonged use or high doses of corticosteroids may contribute ...

A horse with laminitis will stand in a "sawhorse" stance, with all four legs angled out from the normal position. Educate yourself on laminitis, a debilitating and often fatal disease causing pain and ...

Laminitis, the painful foot malady that may well cut short the life of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, is one of the oldest and most common veterinary problems associated with horses. It is painful for ...

What We Know About Laminitis Theories about the causes and cures of laminitis abound in the horse industry, in large part because research hasn't yet been able to give us solid, unassailable ...

Depending on what study you read, laminitis prevalence in horse populations ranges anywhere from 1.5% to 34%. One of the most frequently cited prevalence estimates, from a study of horses in Great ...

Laminitis -- a complex, common and often devastating disease -- is the second biggest killer of domestic horses. Now a body of important research on it has been compiled. Laminitis -- a complex, ...

Laminitis constitutes the most serious condition of the equine foot, representing between 7.5% and 15.7% of all lameness problems (USDA, 2000). In the horse, laminitis results in basement membrane ...

Flash and Casey are right up there with Secretariat and Barbaro. Little Dixie, Chief, and Midnight are not far behind. The Animal Health Foundation (AHF), a U.S. charity dedicated exclusively to ...

Starlight Racing partners, in memory of Intense Holiday, who recently succumbed to laminitis, has announced it will donate large sums to two organizations for the purpose of funding research into that ...

A study published in the peer-reviewed Frontiers in Microbiology Journal in September showed promising results for treatment of laminitis with a new drug called methylated tirilazad (product name: PTP ...