Horses with chronic laminitis should be closely monitored during treatment and recovery.
Treatment of chronic laminitis.
The terms laminitis and founder are used interchangeably.
Treating these horses involves a combination of many alternative and complementary modalities including acupuncture herbs homeopathy and the most important of all nutrition.
Horses with chronic laminitis can still show signs of pain but can also include.
Have also helped improve the understanding and treatment of laminitis.
However founder usually refers to a chronic long term condition associated with rotation of the coffin bone whereas acute laminitis refers to symptoms associated with a sudden initial attack including pain and inflammation of the laminae.
Chronic laminitis can be a very difficult disease to treat however by using natural treatments the success rate increases significantly.