Question: What are some of the differences in treatment and prognosis for laminitis vs. navicular syndrome? Dr. Craig Lesser, ...

Sunshine Coast Conservation officer says several deer with foundering disease have been found in the Halfmoon Bay area and ...

With the arrival of spring, longer days and warmer weather means that grass begins to grow more rapidly and horses and ponies ...

For their well being and happiness, animals, just like humans, want to feel safe and secure.They like good food, a ...

A man has been banned from keeping donkeys for five years after failing to properly care for two animals. David Donaghey, who is from Ascot Gardens in Gateshead, was sentenced at Newcastle ...

News was confirmed by Jenny Kiratli, the donkey’s handler, who told local outlet Palo Alto that Perry had been euthanised after battling a painful hoof disease called laminitis. He had been a ...

General hoof care requirements change when the weather ... which triggers all sorts of distressing diseases, including laminitis and equine metabolic syndrome. Just as a fat/overweight horse ...

Researchers have found that owners identify laminitis more commonly in pony breeds compared to horse breeds. A painful inflammation of the soft tissues of the hoof, laminitis is characterized by ...

The researchers termed this “pasture shock” and suggested that a laminitis-like mechanism may have been activated ... When a fissure reaches the midpoint of the hoof wall, it acts as a hinge and the ...