Diseases

Farriers' Roundtable

“Can you have too much sole on a foundered horse?” —New Mexico Farrier
Since the question is regarding a foundered horse, I will assume that it is beyond laminitis and the third phalanx has rotated.
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Research Journal: May/June 2002

While much research has focused on the theory that reduced blood flow resulting in poor tissue oxygenation is the fundamental cause of laminitis, researchers from Dr. Chris Pollitt’s laboratory in Australia have explored a new theory on the cause of laminitis at the cellular level.
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Learning More About Laminitis

There were plenty of footcare techniques to be learned from a dozen speakers at the Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium
For farriers and equine veterinarians seeking both practical and scientific shoeing ideas, the 15th Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium provided a good mixture of valuable techniques.
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Farriers' Roundtable

White line disease is an invasion of opportunistic bacteria, fungi and probably yeast that has the ability to consume the inner horn of the hoof.
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Research Journal: March 2002

Few epidemiologic studies have been done to identify risk factors for laminitis. This prospective case-control study was designed to identify factors that predispose horses to acute or chronic laminitis.
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Laminitis Still A Puzzle?

Fredericks’ unification theory draws plenty of reader interest, criticism
Not everyone may agree with the unification theory on laminitis developed by California farrier Matthew Frederick and his wife, Susan Tierney Frederick, but a lot of people ARE talking about it.
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