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 ...

Looking for a cut-and-dried formula for bringing all laminitic horses back to health? Good luck! Laminitis treatment is an ever-evolving art, the success of which depends on disease cause, type, ...

The normal horse or pony has a smooth, springy, regular gait moving freely, easily, and gracefully. Watching a fine horse move through its paces, it is not difficult to understand man's attraction to ...

Laminitis is a major health concern, especially in horses and ponies who are overweight. It’s one of the most serious and ...

Mechanical collapse, or "sinking," of the distal phalanx (coffin bone) is a devastating complication of laminitis. Prognoses for these cases are often poor, but foot casts might improve horses' ...

Founder or laminitis is a common disease of the horse's foot that can cause chronic lameness or even death. The laminia is a connective tissue that attaches the hoof to the coffin bone (see diagram 1) ...

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 ...

Horses graze at Mississippi State University’s Leveck Animal Research Center, also known on campus as the South Farm. The new Nancy Fair Link Laminitis Research Center will be housed in MSU’s College ...

Farriers may use pads to help horses with sensitive soles remain comfortable, but do the pads make them more susceptible to fungal infections like thrush? EQUUS Magazine reports that horses with ...

NZPWHS copy Purchased from the SIL Wildlife Conservation Endowment. Useful anatomical terms -- Exterior hoof anatomy : coronary band and hoof wall -- Exterior hoof anatomy : solar view -- Interior ...