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Research Journal: December 2002

By Albert Kane posted on December 1, 2002 | Posted in Diseases
Binding agents that block the action of endotoxins could help protect horses from the devastating effects of endotoxemia that often follow serious bouts of colic that can lead to laminitis.
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Are You Leaving Shoeing Dollars On The Table?

Based on the price ranges given for treating this horse, you might be, but most farriers believe you need to immediately get a vet involved in this case
By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2002 | Posted in Diseases

WHEN 18 FARRIERS described how they’d tackle the therapeutic shoeing case described at right, there were a wide variety of answers and prices that ranged from $75 to $750 for the first visit.


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Farriers' Roundtable

“Can you have too much sole on a foundered horse?” —New Mexico Farrier
May 1, 2002 | Posted in Education, Diseases
Since the question is regarding a foundered horse, I will assume that it is beyond laminitis and the third phalanx has rotated.
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Research Journal: May/June 2002

By Albert Kane posted on May 1, 2002 | Posted in Diseases
While much research has focused on the theory that reduced blood flow resulting in poor tissue oxygenation is the fundamental cause of laminitis, researchers from Dr. Chris Pollitt’s laboratory in Australia have explored a new theory on the cause of laminitis at the cellular level.
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Learning More About Laminitis

There were plenty of footcare techniques to be learned from a dozen speakers at the Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium
By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2002 | Posted in Diseases
For farriers and equine veterinarians seeking both practical and scientific shoeing ideas, the 15th Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium provided a good mixture of valuable techniques.
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Farriers' Roundtable

March 1, 2002 | Posted in Diseases
White line disease is an invasion of opportunistic bacteria, fungi and probably yeast that has the ability to consume the inner horn of the hoof.
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