Equine laminitis can be a devastating result of many different disease processes in the horse, including sepsis and endocrinopathies. The two primary types of endocrinopathic laminitis are equine ...

Leading Equine veterinarians Drs. Rustin Moore and Jim Belknap of The Ohio State University were the featured speakers during the inaugural web-based seminar -- or “webinar” -- presented by The Horse ...

Laminitis in horses occurs all year-round and is an emergency that needs prompt action whenever it is suspected, so find out how to recognise it and what to do if your horse is showing signs What is ...

When Karen Shepherd’s home-bred dressage gelding Pepperwood Mister Mole developed sudden and severe lameness, the very last thing she suspected was laminitis. Yet the shock diagnosis for the 17.2hh ...

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 ...

Veterinarians at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine have announced plans to conduct the first clinical trial of an experimental drug that has shown promise in treating ...

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, ...

The FDA has approved pergolide tablets (Zygolide; Dechra) for controlling clinical signs associated with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) in horses, also known as equine Cushing disease.

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 ...

A horse's hoof is not a single, solid body part. It's a complex combination of parts, an evolutionary marvel that allows a half-ton animal to run at tremendous speeds on the tips of its toes. But when ...

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