Seasonal laminitis

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Has anyone had any experiance of this?

Pony is perfect weight, on crap grass with other lami, has no metabolic issues. Spoke to previous owner and she said he always got a touch of laminitis when his coat changed. Asked vet and they said its called seasonal laminitis as the sugars in the grass change it can affect them.

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slightlyconfused said:
No that's all clear, tested a week ago and back in jan.
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There wouldn't be simple answer, would there? :D

This is Katy Watt's FB update for today,

"Heads up- weather change on the way. For those of you with horses on pasture, the cold front moving through the US will drive up the sugar and fructan in your pasture plants. Lots of problems on pastures with a lot of dandelions and plantain, both that contain short chain fructan that ferments really fast and causes gas colic and diarrhea. This is the time when you need to start reducing or eliminating pasture for high risk horses, and keep a closer eye on all horses."

Maybe it's relevant to the UK too?

http://www.safergrass.org/articles.html
http://www.safergrass.org/pdf/laminitisdev.pdf
http://www.safergrass.org/pdf/DiurnalFluctCHO.pdf
 
I don't think we really understand enough about seasonal hormone fluctuations and their effect on health yet :(.

Hopefully we may in the future.

I know someone has tried Agnus Castus on their gelding at certain times of the year and found him much happier and sounder.

Other people have been using bicarb and salt in spring to help with the grass and footiness......

Maybe worth thinking about too?
 
Definitely will give that a look. He is sound now and spinning around in his stable on just half a danilon so I've stopped that tonight. He is having follow up X-rays in three weeks but its all so confusing :o
 
I would imagine it's just referring to the season change...Autumn is a dodgy time of year for laminitics because it is often still relatively warm but is also wet usually resulting in a last minute grass growth...
 
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