Re: laminitis?

["Vicki Varney" <vvarney@megalink.net>]

Interestingly enough, I had a mare go through a similar experience this
fall.
She was in a paddock eating just mixed grass hay. No grain, no alfalfa, no
pasture.
Suddenly one morning she was stocked up in all four legs and typical
laminitis stance. There was slight heat in her front feet. She was in a lot
of pain and not able to move with out great difficulty.She was treated with
bute. It all resolved in about 3 days and later exams revealed no rotation
or permanent damage.
I am still totally baffled as to what happened and why. My vet had no
explanation.
I would love to hear others thoughts on this.

Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: neil josephson <nebar@rrt.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: RC: laminitis?


> Yesterday my mare was fine at 8:30  when I arrived home at 3:30  I found
her
> tender on her front feet mostly the left front all four legs were stocked
> up.  She was also touchy about her left rear.  A slight warmth in each
> cornet band no heat in hood wall.  The vet was out in half an hour and
> treated her with a dietetic, an inflammatory drug and bute.   We are to
give
> her bute twice a day for the next 3 days orally.
>
> She has not had a change in feed.  She has been on the same feed for the
> last 3 mos. and this is the same feed ration we used last year.  I do feed
> alfalfa cubes (14% protein) in the winter plus grass hay,  lo-pro mix (12%
> protein) and beet pulp pellets soaked.
>
> Because of the extreme cold weather we had in Nov and Dec, the vet felt
she
> was not using the protein the last 2 weeks like she was during the last 2
> colder months causing these symptoms of laminitis.  We also felt she might
> have fallen causing the left side to be more tender than the right.  He
did
> use a hoof testing tool and found very little discomfort.  Temp was normal
> HR normal.
>
> A few hours after the injections of the meds mentioned above she was no
> longer stocked up and moving better.  This morning a great improvement and
> by this afternoon she was trotting around and demanding the her grain
(which
> she has not had since this started).
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Barb
>
>
>
>
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