Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium
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Fighting White Line Disease
Untreated white line disease can undermine your horse's feet, causing lameness and coffin bone instability.
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Making Sense of Laminitis
February 01, 2013
Farriers and veterinarians discuss ways to work together to treat laminitis--a devastating hoof disease.... Read More
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Learning to Read Radiographs (X Rays)
May 01, 2007
When you're talking about evaluating a horse's foot, a radiograph or X ray can tell you a whole lot more than just whether there's a fracture or not. When the radiograph is taken to show soft tissue detail as well as bone, it can provide tons of info... Read More
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Venograms for Laminitis: The Difference Between Success and Failure (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
May 01, 2007
Venograms have added to our knowledge of laminitis and other common foot problems, in large part because for the first time we can see the structural components of the vascular supply to the horse's foot.... Read More
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How to Use Digital Venograms to Evaluate Laminitis
May 01, 2007
"The venogram is the ticket to fixing all those laminitis cases you've been missing," Amy Rucker, DVM, said at the Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium (held Jan. 25-28 in Louisville, Ky.). Rucker, a practitioner with Midwest Equine in Columbia, Mo., discus... Read More
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Strategies for Improving Vet-Client-Farrier Relations
May 01, 2007
When a horse has a foot problem, effective communication bewteen farrier, vet, and owner is key.... Read More
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What we Know About Laminitis (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
May 01, 2007
When it comes to laminitis, everyone's got a pet theory--their favorite explanation of why it occurs, how to prevent it, and/or how to treat it. The reason we have these theories is because research hasn't yet been able to give us solid, unassailable... Read More
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What is a Healthy Hoof? (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
May 01, 2007
Ask 10 people what a healthy hoof should look like, and you'll likely get 10 variations of an answer. ... Read More
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Healing Hooves With Self-Adjusting Palmar Angles (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
May 01, 2007
When they are compromised due to disease processes such as laminitis, or poor internal hoof balance that leads to poor blood flow and overstressing of internal structures, putting the feet in comfortable alignment and applying massage helps them heal... Read More
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Foal Deformities: New Treatments (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
May 01, 2007
Angular and flexural limb deformities in foals are concerns, to be sure, but they're not necessarily kisses of death. At the recent Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium, Ric Redden, DVM, founder of the International Equine Podiatry Center in Versailles, Ky.... Read More
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Correcting Crushed Heels (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
May 01, 2007
Working to correct low heels when they begin to develop is far more successful than waiting until the horse has had no heel for a long time. Low-heeled conformation is not healthy and can compromise soundness in the short or long term.... Read More
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The Quest to Conquer Laminitis
May 01, 2007
"Owners and trainers worldwide have the feeling that every veterinarian and every farrier have years of experience and vast knowledge about laminitis and podiatry (foot care). Unfortunately, this is not the case," said Ric Redden, DVM, founder of... Read More
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Fighting White Line Disease
April 30, 2007
Untreated white line disease can undermine your horse's feet, causing lameness and coffin bone instability.... Read More
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Laminitis Lessons: What Not to Do
April 30, 2007
Baker, who is both a veterinarian and a farrier, presented a discussion of six case studies and what they taught him not to do in treating laminitis. He began by describing the following common causes of treatment failure.... Read More
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Laminitis: Coming Out of the Dark (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
April 27, 2007
There isn't yet a complete answer to how laminitis works and how to treat it, although researchers in several countries are working on it. D'Arpe characterizes the current state of laminitis knowledge by comparing it to the early stages of fracture... Read More
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Equine Podiatry: Gaining a Foothold
August 01, 2004
The reason for this is that equine podiatry is still in its infancy, and while there are a lot of very intelligent people working to better understand the horse's foot, it's still a very complex structure with no real analogue in the human physique, ... Read More
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Cutting-Edge Hoof Education
May 01, 2003
All of the cutting-edge hoof information presented at this symposium is very helpful to the fledgling field of equine podiatry. Equally valuable is the open, helpful atmosphere in which everyone is learning and helping each other understand new conce... Read More
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Shoeing in the Frontal and Horizontal Planes
April 16, 2003
When evaluating horseshoeing, many people don't look at the hoof correctly, according to Hans Castelijns, DVM and farrier based in Italy. "There are the sagittal, frontal, and horizontal planes (illustrationincluded in this story)," he sai... Read More
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Leg Amputation
April 14, 2003
"If a horse needs an amputation or he's not going to live, that's not much of a choice," began Ric Redden, DVM, founder of the International Equine Podiatry Center and host of the 2003 Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium, in a presentation on Jan. 18.... Read More
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Using Self-Adjusting Palmar Angles to Treat Heel Pain
April 14, 2003
"How do we use the palmar angle (the angle the wings of the coffin bone make with the ground) to influence the mechanics (of the foot)?" asked Ric Redden, DVM, host of the 16th annual Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium and founder of the Internationa... Read More
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Wall Ablation for Severe Laminitis
April 14, 2003
"It's only a sinker when the hoof is on it--the hoof on a sinker can shut you down and kill the horse," said Redden in his presentation "Treating High-Scale Laminitis With Wall Ablation and Transcortical Cast." Redden is known for his aggressive, ... Read More
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Venogram Procedure (Step By Step)
April 14, 2003
Following is an in-depth description of the steps taken to perform the digital venogram. I encourage you to follow each of these steps to achieve consistent, informative venograms. I. PREPARATION <UL... Read More
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Interpreting Venograms and Artifacts
April 14, 2003
Becoming familiar with the range of normal venograms is difficult, but it is more difficult to become accustomed to artifacts that are induced by incorrect techniques. This presentation will attempt to discuss interpreting changes present on... Read More
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Pat Parelli: Anvil Side Manner
April 14, 2003
"For seven years in a row, I've been voted the world's worst shoer," joked world-renowned clinician Pat Parelli at the 16th annual Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium Jan. 16-18 in Louisville, Ky., to begin a discussion on "Anvil Side Manner."... Read More
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Pat Parelli on Shoeing Difficult Horses
April 03, 2003
"Usually you shoe horses that are against you, right?" asked world-renowned clinician Pat Parelli at the 16th annual Bluegrass Laminitis symposium Jan. 16-18 in Louisville, Ky. "You're on opposite teams. And when push comes to shove, the horse... Read More
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Understanding the Venogram
March 07, 2003
This procedure allows veterinarians to see blood flow in the foot. Although it's still not widely used, the venogram (a procedure for visualizing blood flow within the foot) has been acclaimed by many as an essential tool... Read More
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