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Laminitis and Founder Prevention

Laminitis is a serious hoof disease and the second most common cause (after colic) of premature death among domestic horses. Although laminitis is seldom fatal in itself, serious cases often lead to euthanasia either for humane reasons (the horse is crippled and in pain) or because the hoof damage means the horse can no longer be used. The term ‘laminitis’ comes from ‘laminae’, which is the tissue which connects the hoof bone (correctly known as the pedal bone) to the hoof wall. Damage to this

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