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News & Notes

Preventative Laminitis Treatment Could Be Within Reach, Researchers Say

May 19, 2015 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses, Nutrition

Source: ABC News

Australian researchers say that a preventative treatment for equine laminitis could be within reach.

Careful Consideration Necessary When Feeding a Horse with Cushing's Disease

July 17, 2014 | Posted in Diseases, Nutrition

Feeding horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), also called Cushingâ€™s disease, can sometimes be difficult because these horses are often older, overweight or underweight, and may have insulin resistance, with or without recurrent laminitis. To make the best nutritional recommendations for horses with PPID, nutritionists must first consider whether the horse needs to lose or gain weight and whether insulin resistance is present.

Research Journal: March 2014

By Albert Kane posted on March 1, 2014 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses

Research Journal: January/February 2014

By Albert Kane posted on January 1, 2014 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses

Research Journal: September/October 2013

By Albert Kane posted on September 1, 2013 | Posted in Education, Lamenesses

Research Journal: May/June 2012

By Albert Kane posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in Lamenesses

Researchers compared to the usefulneness of computed tomography (CT), contract enhanced CT (CECT) and low field magnetic resonance imaging (LFMRI) to identify lesions causing lameness in 31 limbs of 23 horses. All horses had laeness localized to the foot with dagnostic nerve blocks, lameness localized to the foot with diagnostic nerve blocks, and the average duration of lameness was 10 months.

Nutrient Strategies

Dietary Sugar Vs. the Hoof

Can hoof problems be caused by my horse owner clients feeding too much sugar from grains or from forages?

By Buck McColl and Shannon Pratt-Phillips posted on April 1, 2011 | Posted in Nutrition

More horse owners seem to be learning about the dangers of sugars with respect to hoof health. Sugar in a horse’s feed, including that found in both cereal grains and pasture plants, can have both direct and indirect negative consequences on hoof health.

Frankly Speaking

Without the Farrier, Early Laminitis Detection Impossible

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2011 | Posted in Lamenesses

One of the many subjects receiving considerable interest at last month’s 8th International Hoof-Care Summit was endocrinopathic laminitis.

Nutrient Strategies

Feeding to Avoid Laminitis

By Joe D Pagan posted on September 1, 2010 | Posted in Diseases, Nutrition

How Can I Feed A Metabolically Challenged Horse To Avoid Laminitis?

Research Journal: March 2010

By Albert Kane posted on March 1, 2010 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses

Videos

Hoof Care on Parade

Greg Martin, CJF, of Boerne, Texas, takes the unique approach of marketing his hoof-care practice with a Christmas parade float in Boerne and Comfort, Texas. The award-winning float boasts a variety of surprising features.

Events

Michigan Horseshoers Association 55th Annual Clinic

Date: 01/02/25

Location: Lansing, MI

The Michigan Horseshoers Association will host its 55th annual clinic Jan. 2-4, 2025 in East Lansing, Mich.

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