Laminitis Recent Research

Andrew van eps delves into new research on laminitis and founder treatment as well as the importance of prevention.

Laminitis recent research. The australian equine laminitis research unit aelru within the uq school of veterinary science has been a world leader in equine laminitis research since the mid 1990s. Geor review article equine veterinary journal volume 44 issue 6 pages 752 761 november 2012 a review of recent advances and current hypothesis on the pathogenesis of laminitis. The authors further remarked that endocrinopathic laminitis is the most common form of naturally occurring laminitis in horses in the united states and europe evaluation of laminitis cases by a usda study 2000 identified that carbohydrate overload colic or diarrhea cause only 12 of laminitis cases whereas the bulk of laminitis. Prevention is better than damage control and implementing some changes in your horse s diet and.

Here are the latest equine laminitis research projects being undertaken at the rvc. If your horse falls into the at risk category consider these diet changes. Two relatively new causes of laminitis that have come to the forefront of recent research are ingestion of fructans and obesity. In it you will hear about the three causes of laminitis and research into how to approach each cause.

In this episode dr. There has been a considerable amount of research over recent years to try to understand laminitis but scientists have struggled to reconcile the wide range of apparently unrelated factors which can trigger the condition. Now a body of important research on it has been compiled and shared online for. New research research by date.

This is a cohort study in which a group of 250 ponies that have never had laminitis before are being visited every 6 months for 4 years. This research group has made a number of significant breakthroughs that have led to changes in the clinical approach and management of this important equine disease. Phenotypic metabolic and management data is collected at each visit. The fructan factor well tended pasture can fulfill the nutritional requirements of many horses and is therefore often the foundation of sound feeding programs.

The present state and future of laminitis research j. Laminitis a complex common and often devastating disease is the second biggest killer of domestic horses. Recently however a group of researchers from the united kingdom comprehensively reviewed the literature conducted their own trial and concluded that prednisolone has been getting a bad rap for years.