Laminitis

KEILAR: Laminitis is actually pretty common from what vets say.

CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2006 2006

Laminitis is a common complication of this, and what you have here is an isolated case.

Every living thing Herriot, James 1992

Laminitis from this cause was frequent among coach and carriage horses in the pre-railroad period, and resulted from attempting to obtain from the animal a faster pace and a greater number of miles than he was physically capable of giving.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

It is the laminitis known to veterinary surgeons as 'metastatic,' and perhaps the two most notable examples of it are the laminitis following a prolonged attack of pneumonia, and the 'Parturient Laminitis' occurring as a concomitant of septic metritis.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

In this connection, Zundel says: 'Laminitis, in most instances, is preceded by certain general symptoms, such as are premonitory of the invasions of ordinary inflammatory diseases, but of an uncertain significance.'

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

-- Laminitis is always ushered in by a set of symptoms indicative of a high state of fever.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

Laminitis has also been known to occur as a result of septic infection of the blood-stream consequent on the operation of castration.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

_ -- Laminitis is characterized by a congregation of symptoms so well marked as scarcely to be misinterpreted by the most casual observer.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

Laminitis is a simple inflammation of the sensitive laminæ of the feet, characterized by the general phenomena attending inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes, producing no constitutional disturbances except those dependent upon the local disease, and having a strong tendency, in severe cases, to destructive disorganization of the tissues affected.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

Laminitis ( "founder") is a frequent sequel of superpurgation and is to be guarded against by removing the shoes and standing the horse on moist sawdust or some similar bedding.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877