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Chilling out laminitis: the cool benefits of cryotherapy

·9 May 2023

You constantly try your hardest to avoid laminitis. If things unexpectedly go wrong, you do all in your ability to fix the damage and get your horse back on its feet as soon as possible, both literally and figuratively. So,…

Treatment and prevention

How long does it take to recover from laminitis?

·6 March 2023

Each horse has a different tolerance for pain, a different reaction to changing circumstances and a different self-healing capacity. It is therefore difficult to predict how recovery will take place, but let us give it a try. How long it…

Theories and causes Treatment and prevention

Healthy seniors are at risk too

·6 February 2023

PPID is diagnosed in about 20% of horses over the age of 15 years. In over-30s, it affects as many as one in three horses. Even though we still don't know exactly how PPID causes laminitis, it is the second most prevalent…

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Ten questions about laminitis

·15 May 2021

Have you always wanted to know whether a wildebeest can become laminitic?Are you tongue-tied when some wise guy asks whether it is true that there are not less than three different kinds of laminitis instead of just one?Did you lose…

Living conditions Theories and causes Treatment and prevention

Winter laminitis

·11 December 2017

Winter ... and the whole country is frozen solid. The ground freezes over at night and in some places the mercury hardly rises above zero during the day. Whilst most horses don’t encounter any problems in these conditions, other horses…

Anatomy & histology Definition

Subclinical and low-grade laminitis

·29 May 2017

A subclinical condition has no recognizable or measurable clinical manifestations. Oddly enough the term ‘subclinical laminitis’ is often being used to describe clearly visible, diagnosable signs of laminitis such as a stretched white line, a flaring hoof wall and laminitic…

Living conditions Treatment and prevention

Prevention of laminitis

·20 April 2016

Horses at risk Prevention begins with determining whether your horse belongs to a risk group. In that case, all the following information deserves extra attention. Risk groups: Welsh, Exmoor, Shetland and New Forest ponies, cobs, Appaloosas and Icelandic horses…

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Out now! ‘Laminitis: Understanding, Cure, Prevention’

·31 March 2016

With great pride and pleasure I would like to announce that my book 'Laminitis: Understanding, Cure, Prevention' is for sale from today. This book comprehensively explains what happens in the horse's body in case of laminitis, including extensive discussion of…