Keep donkeys off the sweet feed and grain, as they can founder and develop laminitis just as horses do. |
Pletcher said the big bay battled for as long as he could before developing laminitis, leading to his euthanasia. |
However, because overfeeding energy is one of the major causes of laminitis, extreme care needs to be taken to limit intake. |
This is the condition in the many so-called cases of laminitis which recover in from 24 to 48 hours. |
Horses and ponies treated for laminitis by a veterinary surgeon during this period will then be re-assessed eight weeks later. |
Peasant is out of the unraced Cipayo mare Nashira, who died in 2001 from laminitis after foaling a filly by Acceptable. |