Piet schreef op maandag 1 mei 2006, 21:05:
> Piet schreef op maandag 1 mei 2006, 16:07:
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>> Frans Veldman schreef op maandag 1 mei 2006, 15:43: 

> it could theoretically possibly be of benefit.
 > 
 > piet
 > nah' tuurlijk Natuurlijk
De  reactie  van de  veearts  die via een  lamimitis- 
hoefbevangenheid-forum gegevens  probeert te  verzamelen welke  supplementen eventueel  zouden kunnen helpen.
Ik  heb  het maar weer  even zo  neergezet.
Ik  ga em  eens  vertellen  dat er  mogelijk  in een  vroeg  stadium iets  met  aspirine  gedaan zou  kunnen worden.
Voor  een goed  begrip: founder  is  om het even  simpel  te  houden  een  vorm  van  laminitis.
Hi All
Unfortunately we have NO evidence that ANY available 
drug/vitamin/supplement can prevent laminitis, nor stop its 
progress.  Many of us may have found that something seems to have 
helped one or more cases of founder but there are so many factors 
involved that successes may not be successes and failures may not be 
failures.
Ten years ago my daughter suffered from ME and since there is 
no "traditional" treatment for this condition we 
tried "alternatives".  In the end she recovered after 16 months 
while on no treatment.  If she had been on a treatment at the time, 
I would no doubt have attributed her recovery to it.  Laminitis is 
very like this, but as I have said before, provided we do no harm 
then we should try every possible avenue.
Some things may make horses less prone to developing laminitis and 
some things may help the recovery of the changes in the feet.
Horses have the enzyme in the liver that can produce Vitamin C but 
humans do not.  There is no evidence that Vitamin C will prevent 
laminitis but it is still theoretically possible that it could help 
in a stressed animal, in one suffering from founder.
Having researched laminitis, there are many things that 
theoretically might work and many people still use them even though 
there are "newer" theories.  I am interested in anything that anyone 
feels has helped their horse. It is forums like this that, although 
pretty unscientific, we might come up with something that 
consistently can help.
John
(For interest, the "laminitis season" has started over here in the 
UK - two of my clients horses in the last five days.  I thought that 
I had been doing well in my client education up until now!)
piet
nah' tuurlijk Natuurlijk