inflammation

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…

Definition

Laminitis or founder or … ?

·20 December 2015

The terms laminitis and founder are often used as synonyms, however there is a difference between the two.  The suffix -itis always refers to inflammation or infection. In this (etymological) case, an inflammation of the dermal lamellae during the acute…