Affirmed had surgery in October to repair a dislocated left front pastern joint, but laminitis soon developed in his right hoof.
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Laminitis is an inflammation of soft tissue that can be caused by excessive weight-bearing after the opposite limb is injured.
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We were a little worried about laminitis but there was no sign of it and we thought luck was on our side.
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Mechanical laminitis starts when the hoof wall is pulled away from the bone or lost, as a result of external influences.
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Sunday Silence had an operation on his right foreleg on July 18 for bacterial peritendinitis and then developed laminitis in the left foreleg.
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Diet is very important too, as changes in feed can directly affect hoof health, most notably seen in cases of laminitis.
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Natural hoof supplements can be used as a boost to the immune systems of horses when concerned with laminitis or other hoof ailments.
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This causes decreased blood flow to the cells, decreasing oxygen and nutrient delivery, and thus altering their metabolism which results in laminitis.
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"' Transport laminitis "'sometimes occurs in horses confined in a trailer or other transportation for long periods of time.
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Pasture is often eliminated from the diet, since digestible energy levels from grazing are not easily measured and pasture carbohydrates can trigger laminitis.
