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Member:
laurik

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016 - 6:44 pm:

My gelding has had 3 episodes of laminitis this year. In January from alfalfa hay, In may from small amount of Spring grass and again 2 weeks ago from 1 hour of green grass. I decided to keep him off the pasture all summer to make sure he stays sound and get his feet healthy again. Each time xray confirmed no rotation and I know I am lucky for that.
Today my husband got home to find the horse got the gate open and has been on the pasture - probably all day, but not sure. Would oiling him and Banamine help prevent or lessen the severity of another flare up ?? Hoping there is something I can do.
Member:
lsweeney

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016 - 7:29 pm:

I had my foundered mare get into grain and I took her to a local vet hospital where they gave them something into the belly that was supposed to gather up the feed. I know that is a terrible explanation, but there was something that they could do. Timing, though, is everything.
Member:
lsweeney

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016 - 7:32 pm:

Found this: https://www.equmed.com/?p=273
Member:
lsweeney

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016 - 7:44 pm:

The goals of treatment are 1) to prevent the further development of laminitis, 2) to reduce the pain or hypertension cycle, 3) to reduce or prevent permanent laminar damager, 4) to improve dermal laminar capillary demodynamics, and 5) to prevent movement of the distal phalanx. Acute laminitis should be considered a medical emergency, and treatment should be initiated as soon as possible, preferably before clinical signs develop. Since circulating endotoxin and infectious processes are found in cases of laminitis, treatment for endotoxemia and sepsis should be attempted. When a horse is suspected of grain overload, one gallon of mineral oil by stomach tube acts as a laxative and tends to prevent absorption of toxic material from the gastrointestinal tract. Recommended treatments include intravenous fluids, parenteral antimicrobials, flunixin meglumine, and hyperimmune serum or plasma. Additional laminitis-preventative measures include the administration of anti-inflammatory drugs, vasodilator, heparin, oral aspirin, and placement of the horse in the stall. Some cases need trimming of the hoof. As for packing of the hoof, a recent study suggests that hot packs used early in the course of the disease may be more beneficial. Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs are the cornerstone of most therapeutic regimens.
Member:
lsweeney

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016 - 7:52 pm:

I found my post from this time. It is still a mystery what they used: https://www.horseadvice.com/horse/messages/4/212713.html
Member:
gramsey1

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016 - 8:54 pm:

Gosh I hope everything turns out okay for your horse. It reminds me of an OTTB we had. He loved to tear open his shavings and spread them in his stall. The barn had stairs up to the hayloft with a landing and a 90 degree turn. The manager left five bags of sweet feed on the landing. One night there was a huge thunderstorm and our boy freaked out and broke though his stall door, ending up locked out of his stall, stuck in the isle. He climbed up to the landing and pulled all five feed bags down to the isle. Open them, spread them and was found sleeping peacefully on them in the morning.
He didn't eat enough to be a problem.
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 8, 2016 - 9:06 pm:

Hello Lauri,
Yes, oiling will reduce bacterial overgrowth and the flunixin will help reduce inflammation in the foot. But this is addressed in the article associated with this discussion page. It is probably too late to do much good, then again an hour on grass may not be that damaging.
DrO
Member:
jhyrick

Posted on Thursday, Jun 9, 2016 - 12:59 pm:

I have a mare prone to this and I can not keep a grazing muzzle on her. I don't know how she does it, but it comes off! So, I try to be nutritionally proactive, and after much online research, I have been using Equishure. Kentucky Equine Research product.

EquiShure® is a time-released buffer targeting the hindgut. Research supports the use of a hindgut buffer in cases of high grain and high fructan intake. EquiShure’s unique, patent-pending encapsulation technology ensures targeted release directly in the hindgut.

Up to 70% of the horse’s energy is derived from fermentation in the hindgut. The pH of the hindgut varies as bacterial populations increase and decrease in response to dietary modifications. An acidic shift, which can be caused by carbohydrate-rich meals, favors the growth of acid-loving bacteria, while other microbes die in the same conditions.

So far, so good, and I know it's about a critical 8 week period of time. I order from KER but I believe it also comes in a smart pak.
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