An interesting read for those dealing with laminitics

[JillA]

http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/ecir/2015/Bicking2.pdf

This looks like it was a really good presentation - to vets and farriers but I find it always pays to educate yourself. Only then can you evaluate what you are being advised, and only then can you make decisions about ongoing therapy. Well worth a read when you have some time to concentrate

 

[AdorableAlice]

Thank you, only flicked through it at the minute, awful pictures of some feet.

 

[Regandal]

Very interesting. Do UK vets give thyroxine to aid weight loss?

 

[Nugget La Poneh]

Certainly highlights the need to continue with the rehabilitation.

 

[tallyho!]

Thank you for posting JillA, very interesting. I felt sad for the ones that were let down by the owners.

 

[Goldenstar]

Those feet pictures are hideous I feel a bit sick .

 

[Casey76]

The case studies are very interesting. I'm a bit puzzled as to why some of them (like the aged TWH) were allowed to get so bad in the first place. Surely it would have been a kindness to euthanise much earlier?

 

[JillA]

The case studies are very interesting. I'm a bit puzzled as to why some of them (like the aged TWH) were allowed to get so bad in the first place. Surely it would have been a kindness to euthanise much earlier?

I suspect some of them may have been from the USA - judging by what I read on the ECIR forum, they never ever admit defeat, even if it means a horse is down for days. Not what we do here I don't think

 

[Identityincrisis]

Very interesting, thank you!

That poor TWH was so sad, did anyone else notice his back too?

I was reading each case shouting profanities at the care providers (farriers/owners/vets) allowing the animals to get to this stage in the first place

 

[tallyho!]

Very interesting, thank you!

That poor TWH was so sad, did anyone else notice his back too?

I was reading each case shouting profanities at the care providers (farriers/owners/vets) allowing the animals to get to this stage in the first place

The fact that they were not just pts on the spot really worried me too having had a night thinking about it... seriously if I was a vet I would not have put a stoic animal through it. Also, I know these were "case studies" and this also highlights the dangers of this type of interventional study... not enough touchpoints especially as the "TEAM" as emphasised as so important. 9 month f/u in one case - with no touchpoint in between - that horse literally got worse day after day over 9 months living in a box. What an end.