Vet student laminitis survey

thanks very much! Yes il post them on here in a few weeks in case anyone is interested...im hoping to look at owner perceptions of the pain associated with laminitis, veterinary or other measures taken to releive that pain and success of treatments :)
 
One thing I would note is that during the first very long laminitic episode my mare was lame but not cripplingly so and the vet had her on quite high doses of Danilon for a long time. My mare did not cope with box rest and the pain relief enabled her to box walk, double barrel the stable walls and generally stress out. I am convinced this contributed to the very long time it took to see any improvement and it also caused colitis. She only started to improve when she was given small amounts of Sedalin paste twice a day to keep her calm. I also noticed that on the Laminitis Trust website that they also recommend that minimal amounts of pain relief are given precisely to stop the horse overdoing it.

HOWEVER some years ago I had an elderly gelding with Cushings laminitis and he was so bad some mornings he would not get up from lying down unless the vet came out and gave him pain relief via injection. Later I was advised to give him bute am and pm but he would not last 12 hours without pain relief so I had to check him at all hours of the night and give him pain relief when I felt the pain was starting to get too much. If I left it too long and the pain had built up, the bute didn't seem to have any effect at all.

One thing I have learnt is that each horse is very different with respect to the amount of pain relief required for the best outcome.

I will be very interested to read your research findings.
 
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