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Is Spring Grass A Panacea Or Liability?

May 29, 2017 | Posted in Clients, Diseases, Nutrition

Spring grass is Mother Nature’s panacea for winter’s nutritional hardships and the huge demands of pregnancy and lactation. However, rangelands utilized by feral horses usually bear little resemblance to the fields of domesticated horses and even in the spring their diets also include high fiber items like shrubs. Unlimited access to powerhouse grasses can cause some problems.

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How to Avoid Pasture Associated Laminitis in Spring

March 11, 2016 | Posted in Clients, Diseases, Lamenesses, Nutrition

Source: Horse Canada

The reason the risk of laminitis increases in the spring is that as the days get longer, the extra sunlight increases photosynthesis, which results in starch, sugar and, in some plants, fructan production. We also tend to have cooler temperatures at night, which prevents the plants from using these sugars, and they accumulate.

See The Signs Of Laminitis Before It's Too Late

May 9, 2014 | Posted in Diseases

Source: Karen Griffith

Spring grass can spring forth a serious problem for horses, namely laminitis and its more severe form, founder.

Frankly Speaking

Without the Farrier, Early Laminitis Detection Impossible

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2011 | Posted in Lamenesses

One of the many subjects receiving considerable interest at last month’s 8th International Hoof-Care Summit was endocrinopathic laminitis.

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With a 15-inch-long beard that’s been growing for 15 years, New Jersey farrier Frank Bevacqua has been selected as the American Farriers Journal “2025 Farrier Beard of the Year” winner.

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Anatomy, Trimming and Hoof Protection – California

Date: 06/21/25

Location: Quincy, CA

Progressive Hoof Care Practitioners host a 3-day anatomy, trimming and hoof protection clinic June 21-23, 2025, in Quincy, Calif. The clinician is Melody O’Brien.

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Kawell USA

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SmartPak

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Items Tagged with 'Spring grass'

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Is Spring Grass A Panacea Or Liability?

How to Avoid Pasture Associated Laminitis in Spring

See The Signs Of Laminitis Before It's Too Late

Without the Farrier, Early Laminitis Detection Impossible

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