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Laminitis as a systemic disease
1Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Equine Practice
|September 3, 1999
Abstract:
This article presents the clinical pathology and the involvement of the cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, and immunologic systems in laminitis. The data available on these systems are presented with respect to the disease phase and severity. The nutritional and metabolic alterations realized in the chronically affected horse are also presented. In this discussion, the origins and clinical implications of these systemic findings are discussed.