The soluble carbohydrate content increases in grasses and clovers after rain. When ingested, this causes metabolic changes that result in altered blood flow to the laminae of the foot. Fat ponies and their cross-breeds are most predisposed to laminitis.
However, any horse suffering a condition mentioned above may also be affected. Horses which show signs of previous episodes of laminitis e. Spring is when most episodes of laminitis due to over-feeding occur. If you suspect your horse has laminitis, seek veterinary attention immediately. This will provide your veterinarian with a bench-mark against which to assess response to treatment and the necessary information from which to work with your farrier to achieve the best possible outcome.
The key to a successful outcome is early diagnosis and an aggressive approach to treatment, together with a good relationship between you, your vet and your farrier:. Colic surgery: This only happens in one to two percent of the surgeries, although it does happen.
Pregnancy: Both the added weight of the foal and the hormones released during pregnancy can result in laminitis.
It may also relate to general biological changes that sometimes cause pregnant horses to be insulin-resistant and thus prone to develop laminitis. Some of the answers are rather obvious. Keep the horses away from black walnut, including shavings, trees, or wood fences made from the tree. If your horse is on rich lush pastures use a grazing muzzle. You can click here to read a helpful article about grazing muzzles.
In the article I cover the different types of grazing muzzles and when they should be used. Some are harder to cope with. When it comes to trimming and shoeing, please work with your farrier and your large animal vet to balance its feet. Acute laminitis can be treated. It may get better; it may not. It depends on the cause, the severity, and the horse. Typically a horse with acute laminitis is given stall rest.
It would be best if you kept your horse in a stall with soft bedding, preferably one with deep pine shavings or good hay to reduce the strain on the hoof. Chronic laminitis may be treated. Once again, it depends on the cause and the horse. A lot of times, when chronic laminitis is diagnosed, the subject of euthanasia comes up. This new information not only helps us understand that cause of grass founder but also provides us with a number of strategies to reduce the intake of fructans by grazing horses.
Lenz, DVM, M. Grass Founder Spring might be the best time of the year, but if we have horses that are prone to developing grass founder, this season may be the beginning of serious problems for some of our horses. To avoid grass founder: Keep your easy keepers and ponies off lush, fast-growing pastures until the grass has slowed in growth and produced seed heads.
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