Sentences with phrase «including laminitis»

The Kentucky Derby winner (left) had undergone a series of extraordinary life - saving procedures at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center (inset), but myriad ailments, including laminitis in three hooves, led to the decision to spare the colt further pain.

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Symptoms of PPID include changes in hair coat; increased water intake and urination; lethargy; loss of muscle mass, pot - bellied appearance, chronic infections; hoof abscesses; excess or inappropriate sweating; infertility or lack of estrus cycles; abnormal mammary gland function; and can predispose to laminitis if hyperinsulinemia (high levels of insulin in the blood) is involved.

This can cause major complications including trauma, illness, infection and possibly laminitis for the mare, as well as reduced fertility for the next breeding.

The studies will help veterinary scientists improve the health and well - being of horses through improved prevention and treatment of numerous health challenges including foal pneumonia, laminitis and septicemia.

Current studies are investigating breed predispositions to a number of other diseases, including equine metabolic syndrome and laminitis.