Laminitis Emergency Diet
Call your vet and farrier trimmer if this is the first time the horse has had laminitis the vet should be called as an emergency.
Laminitis emergency diet. Emergency diet for a horse with endocrinopathic laminitis feed. Horses with sepsis related or supporting limb laminitis are likely to already be receiving intensive veterinary treatment and or be in a clinic. Ddt e diet nutritional needs for equine metabolic syndrome ems and ppid cushing s horses. Diet is extremely important for insulin control and can help prevent or even reverse complications like excessive weight gain or loss muscle wasting and weakness abnormal fat deposition and laminitis.
The equine cushings and insulin resistance ecir group co owned by equine nutritionist eleanor kellon vmd has long supported using a low sugar low starch diet for horses showing signs of laminitis founder insulin resistance ir or cushing s disease ppid. The emergency temporary diet with modifications for arizona and the southwest. The causes vary and may include the following. Digestive upsets due to grain overload such as excess grain fruit or snacks or abrupt changes in diet.
Hay feed approx. These suggestions relate primarily to endocrinopathic laminitis. A laminitis diagnosis can be a life changing event for both a horse and an owner.