mmp Archieven - Laminitis : Understanding, Cure, Prevention

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

Is blood letting a viable treatment for laminitis?

·10 July 2018

Up to 1940 bloodletting was still used but since then no longer considered acceptable. Today however, renewed interest in this treatment is on the rise. By draining blood an attempt is made to lower the blood pressure. The idea behind this…

Treatment and prevention

Enzyme inhibiting drugs

·23 June 2017

In ‘Laminitis – understanding, cure, prevention’ you can read how an imbalance between the protein degrading enzymes MMP-2, MMP-9, ADAMTS-4 and their endogenous enzyme inhibitors (TIMPs) can contribute to the progress of laminitis during the acute phase of the disease.…

Treatment and prevention

Cold therapy

·9 September 2015

Cold therapy would be very useful in the developmental phase when no symptoms are visible yet. In the acute phase cold therapy can also be used as a first aid measure. Some benefits of cold therapy Decreased metabolism in the…