12 TIPS FOR AVOIDING LAMIMITIS FROM BEET-E-BITES
Laminitis is an inflammatory condition that affects a horse’s hooves. The condition causes intense pain and tissue destruction that often result in the horse’s death.
Use grazing muzzles, dry-lotting, and restriction of turnout hours to limit access to forage.
Laminitis can be triggered by specific events like overconsumption of carbohydrate-rich grain, but it can also occur in horses that are kept on pasture and don’t appear to be at risk.
At the 2012 British Equine Veterinary Association Congress, a lecture by Pat Harris outlined management steps to minimize the occurrence of pasture-associated laminitis. Harris is a well-respected equine scientist with the Equine Studies Group at the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition in the U.K. She advised these practices to keep particularly susceptible horses healthy.
