The terms "laminitis" and "founder" are used interchangeably. However, founder usually refers to a chronic (long-term) condition associated with rotation of the coffin bone, whereas acute laminitis ...

The University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center and University of Florida have made important strides in mapping the genetic pathways involved in laminitis and identified biomarkers that could lead ...

A horse with laminitis will stand in a "sawhorse" stance, with all four legs angled out from the normal position. Educate yourself on laminitis, a debilitating and often fatal disease causing pain and ...

When your horse suffers a major injury, such as a severely broken bone in a leg, the last thing you might be thinking about is laminitis. But laminitis should certainly be on your radar, as many ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Construction of Mississippi State’s premier research facility to pioneer advancements in the prevention and treatment of equine laminitis is underway after a Monday [Nov. 10] ...

During my college years, I worked on a ranch that was owned by a man who had a phobia about horse founder. He constantly hollered, "Don't founder that horse! Has that horse been foundered?" I didn't ...

These Park County horses owned by Jennifer Fernandez contracted Potomac horse fever in summer 2020. The foal survived, but the mare did not. UW Extension recently released a bulletin publication ...