lazeearabians
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Laminitis/Hoof Capsule growth research Conference TalkI really enjoyed Matthew Jackson's talk at the conference - very informative and gave me lots of new things to think about. He mentioned his ongoing research and needing to increase the number of horses included in this research. Is there a website with access to his research material and study group of horses?
It's a fascinating area - I was particularly interested in his hypothesis that event rings on the hoof are caused by the circulatory system in the hoof shutting down to prevent a full blown attack of laminitis. Is there any further reading on that subject I can get hold of? It got me wondering about the incidences of laminitis in shod v unshod horses. As I understand it (still a beginner at this) the circulation in the hoof of a shod horse is already compromised/shut down. Following the hypothesis that the hoof's natural reaction to an impending attack of lami is to shut down circulation does it follow that a shod horse will be less prone to a full blown attack of lami than an unshod horse as the shod horse's circulation is already permanently shut down (at least partially)? Or have I got completely the wrong end of the stick? Obviously even a newbie like me knows that the lack of circulation in a shod hoof causes all sorts of other long term chronic problems and barefoot is best but Matthew's talk got me thinking.
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cptrayes
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You beat me to it! I was just about to post exactly the same theory myself, that because barefoot horses have so much more blood supply to the foot, they are delivering so much more toxin to the laminae and that therefore barefoot horses will get laminitis more than shod ones.
The other side of that of course, is that those toxins are circulating in a shod horse whether it gets to the feet or not, so the whole horse is unhealthy and this is no reason to shoe!
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brucea
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| Quote: | | therefore barefoot horses will get laminitis more than shod ones |
Or...will display symptoms earier in the whole laminitis disease process than shod ones?
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stormybracken
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I found this thread really interesting, having missed the conference this year, definately be there next year! Thought I would add this little bit of observation, not very scientific, but...
Shoes put on six weeks ago (don't ask) finally came off two days ago ... Storm re-discovered his mineral bucket, I know this because it had great gauge marks in the top layer, and there was white spread all around his muzzle, his other feed bowls, and the fence! He also appears to have drunk more of the ACV water in the last two days than at any time since I started putting it out over two weeks ago. I am interested in the whole "horses self-medicate" thinking, especially as they DO break out of carefully positioned fencing to PROTECT them from Dr Evil  Will watch and learn.
X-rays today, fracture or no fracture. Bit excited/ scared/ hence stupid o'clock typing.
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brucea
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Good luck for Bracken then.
We're seeing Mathew tonight.
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Yann
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The link from Hoofrehab to the article I think it came from is broken, but I remember reading a while back in part of Pollit's research into laminitis that a crisis could be prevented by severely restricting circulation in the hoof, so maybe the theory does hold a little water.
Obviously there are plenty of other factors with a shod foot that are less favourable.
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lazeearabians
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| brucea wrote: | Good luck for Bracken then.
We're seeing Mathew tonight. |
Could you ask if when/if his research is going to be published?
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