A study published in the peer-reviewed Frontiers in Microbiology Journal in September showed promising results for treatment of laminitis with a new drug called methylated tirilazad (product name: PTP ...

Every day veterinarians across the country see hundreds of cases of laminitis, a painful disease that affects the horse's feet. What is especially alarming is that most cases are preventable. In fact, ...

Laminitis in horses occurs all year-round and is an emergency that needs prompt action whenever it is suspected, so find out how to recognise it and what to do if your horse is showing signs What is ...

Laminitis -- a complex, common and often devastating disease -- is the second biggest killer of domestic horses. Now a body of important research on it has been compiled. Laminitis -- a complex, ...

Laminitis, the painful foot malady that may well cut short the life of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, is one of the oldest and most common veterinary problems associated with horses. It is painful for ...

The normal horse or pony has a smooth, springy, regular gait moving freely, easily, and gracefully. Watching a fine horse move through its paces, it is not difficult to understand man's attraction to ...

Classic winner Barbaro has developed "acute, severe" laminitis in his uninjured left hind foot, and his prognosis for recovery is "poor," according to Dr. Dean Richardson, chief of surgery at the ...

When Karen Shepherd’s home-bred dressage gelding Pepperwood Mister Mole developed sudden and severe lameness, the very last thing she suspected was laminitis. Yet the shock diagnosis for the 17.2hh ...