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Advances in Laminitis, Part II, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice - E-Book
(2010)
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Abstract
This issue is the second half of the topic on laminitis, one of the most challenging diseases for the equine clinician to treat. Articles include endocrinopathic metabolism, equine metabolic syndrome, hyperinsulinemic laminitis, pasture associated laminitis, corticosteroid associated laminitis, supporting limb laminitis, pharmacological basis for the treatment of endocrinopathic laminitis, pain management of chronic laminitis, chronic laminitis: larval therapy, chronic laminitis foot support: support shoes, pasture management, diet and exercise, herd management, and much more!
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| FORTHCOMING ISSUES | xii | ||
| RECENT ISSUES | xii | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| REFERENCES | xv | ||
| Chapter 1. Endocrinopathic Laminitis | 233 | ||
| GLUCOCORTICOID-ASSOCIATED LAMINITIS | 233 | ||
| INSULIN-ASSOCIATED LAMINITIS | 234 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | 235 | ||
| REFERENCES | 235 | ||
| Chapter 2. Laminitis and the Equine Metabolic Syndrome | 239 | ||
| DEFINING THE EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME: A WORK IN PROGRESS | 240 | ||
| HERITABILITY OF EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME | 240 | ||
| RECOGNITION AND OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT OF OBESITY IN HORSES | 241 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 241 | ||
| DIETARY FACTORS PRECIPITATE AND AGGRAVATE LAMINITIS IN EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME | 243 | ||
| PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT, AND TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME | 246 | ||
| DIETARY STRATEGIES TO MINIMIZE THE RISK FOR LAMINITIS IN HORSES WITH EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME | 248 | ||
| WHAT CAN THE VETERINARIAN DO TO HELP OWNERS OF HORSES WITH EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME? | 251 | ||
| REFERENCES | 251 | ||
| Chapter 3. Hyperinsulinemic Laminitis | 257 | ||
| NEW MODEL FOR STUDYING HYPERINSULINEMIC LAMINITIS | 258 | ||
| INSULIN-MEDIATED LAMELLAR LESION | 259 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HYPERINSULINEMIC LAMINITIS | 259 | ||
| SUMMARY | 261 | ||
| REFERENCES | 262 | ||
| Chapter 4. Current Concepts on the Pathophysiology of Pasture-Associated Laminitis | 265 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS | 266 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PASTURE LAMINITIS | 267 | ||
| SUMMARY | 273 | ||
| REFERENCES | 273 | ||
| Chapter 5. Corticosteroid-Associated Laminitis | 277 | ||
| CLINICAL EVIDENCE: CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE GLUCOCORTICOIDS MIGHT CAUSE LAMINITIS | 277 | ||
| POSSIBLE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN GLUCOCORTICOID-ASSOCIATED LAMINITIS | 279 | ||
| SUMMARY | 282 | ||
| REFERENCES | 282 | ||
| Chapter 6. Supporting Limb Laminitis | 287 | ||
| LAMINITIS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF MECHANICAL OVERLOAD: MECHANISMS | 289 | ||
| LAMINITIS AS A SYSTEMIC DISEASE: THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION AND INSULIN-MEDIATED MECHANISMS TO SLL | 298 | ||
| SUMMARY | 299 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 299 | ||
| REFERENCES | 299 | ||
| Chapter 7. The Pharmacologic Basis for the Treatment of Endocrinopathic Laminitis | 303 | ||
| PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT OF PPID | 304 | ||
| PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT OF EMS | 306 | ||
| SUMMARY | 309 | ||
| REFERENCES | 309 | ||
| Chapter 8. Neuropathic Pain Management in Chronic Laminitis | 315 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF PAIN IN LAMINITIS | 315 | ||
| GRADING PAIN IN LAMINITIS | 319 | ||
| PAIN THERAPY IN LAMINITIS: MODIFYING THE APPROACH | 320 | ||
| CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMIC ANALGESICS | 322 | ||
| SYSTEMIC LIDOCAINE | 326 | ||
| NONCONVENTIONAL SYSTEMIC ANALGESICS WITH ANTIHYPERALGESIC AND ANTINEUROPATHIC PAIN ACTIVITY | 327 | ||
| CALCIUM CHANNEL α2δ-LIGANDS (GABAPENTIN, PREGABALIN) | 327 | ||
| KETAMINE | 328 | ||
| LOCO-REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA | 328 | ||
| SUMMARY | 329 | ||
| REFERENCES | 330 | ||
| Chapter 9. Digital Venography in Horses and Its Clinical Application in Europe | 339 | ||
| HISTORY OF DIGITAL VENOGRAPHY | 339 | ||
| COMPARING DIGITAL BLOOD FLOW DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES | 340 | ||
| PODIATRY RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM TRADITIONAL ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES | 341 | ||
| DIGITAL VENOGRAPHY PROCEDURE IN THE STANDING HORSE | 341 | ||
| ARTIFACTS | 345 | ||
| VENOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF THE QUASISTATIC BIOMECHANICS OF THE FOOT | 346 | ||
| THE SAFETY VALVE OF THE FOOT-HEART PUMP AND THE FIVE-HEARTS THEORY | 349 | ||
| CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF VENOGRAPHY IN LAMINITIS AND OTHER SOFT TISSUE DIGITAL PATHOLOGIES | 350 | ||
| LAMINITIS PHASES: CHRONOLOGY AND SEVERITY SCORE | 351 | ||
| CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS | 355 | ||
| SUMMARY | 356 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 357 | ||
| REFERENCES | 357 | ||
| Chapter 10. Pasture Management to Minimize the Risk of Equine Laminitis | 361 | ||
| FACTORS AFFECTING NSC CONTENT OF GRASS | 361 | ||
| MANAGEMENT TO MINIMIZE NSC CONTENT | 365 | ||
| SUMMARY | 368 | ||
| REFERENCES | 368 | ||
| Chapter 11. Endocrinopathic Laminitis: Reducing the Risk Through Diet and Exercise | 371 | ||
| REDUCING THE RISK | 371 | ||
| EXERCISE | 372 | ||
| DIET | 372 | ||
| SUMMARY | 375 | ||
| REFERENCES | 376 | ||
| Chapter 12. Field Treatment and Management of Endocrinopathic Laminitis in Horses and Ponies | 379 | ||
| ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE | 380 | ||
| INSULIN | 380 | ||
| DRUG THERAPY | 386 | ||
| SUMMARY | 388 | ||
| REFERENCES | 389 | ||
| Chapter 13. Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Prognosis of Chronic Laminitis in Europe | 391 | ||
| CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS | 391 | ||
| NORMALITY | 393 | ||
| MEASUREMENT OF FOUNDER DISTANCE | 394 | ||
| PROGNOSIS: ALL CASES | 395 | ||
| PROGNOSIS DEPENDS ON THE TIMING AND TYPE OF TREATMENTS USED | 398 | ||
| REESTABLISHING THE NORMAL ANGULATION OF THE DORSAL CORONARY AND TERMINAL PAPILLAE | 398 | ||
| OTHER FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PROGNOSIS OF ACUTE FOUNDER OR SINKER CASES | 401 | ||
| PROGNOSIS IN CASES OF CHRONIC RELATIVE DISTAL PHALANGEAL DISPLACEMENT (CHRONIC FOUNDER) | 401 | ||
| SUMMARY | 404 | ||
| REFERENCES | 404 | ||
| Chapter 14. Farriery for Chronic Laminitis | 407 | ||
| CHRONIC LAMINITIS | 407 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CHRONIC LAMINITIS | 408 | ||
| CLINICAL EVALUATION | 410 | ||
| RADIOLOGY | 411 | ||
| THERAPEUTIC FARRIERY | 413 | ||
| GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR FARRIERY | 415 | ||
| TYPES OF SHOES | 417 | ||
| FOLLOW-UP FARRIERY | 419 | ||
| MEDIOLATERAL ROTATION OF THE DISTAL PHALANX | 420 | ||
| CASTS | 421 | ||
| SURGICAL TREATMENT | 421 | ||
| REFERENCES | 423 | ||
| Chapter 15. Chronic Laminitis: Foot Management | 425 | ||
| THE ROLE OF LOADING AND PRESSURE ON DAMAGED LAMINAE | 425 | ||
| EVALUATING DAMAGE TO THE LAMINITIC FOOT | 426 | ||
| THE STAGES OF LAMINITIS | 426 | ||
| TREATMENT OF THE ACUTE LAMINITIC FOOT | 427 | ||
| HEEL ELEVATION IN THE ACUTE PHASE | 428 | ||
| RESTRUCTURING THE CHRONIC COMPENSATED (STABLE) FOOT | 429 | ||
| RESTRUCTURING THE CHRONIC UNCOMPENSATED LAMINITIC FOOT | 434 | ||
| DEEP DIGITAL FLEXOR TENOTOMY AND REALIGNMENT SHOEING TECHNIQUE | 436 | ||
| HOOF PREPARATION FOR REALIGNMENT SHOEING | 436 | ||
| DEEP DIGITAL FLEXOR TENOTOMY PROCEDURE | 437 | ||
| PROGNOSIS FOR CASES MANAGED WITH DEEP DIGITAL FLEXOR TENOTOMY AND DEROTATION SHOEING | 438 | ||
| WHEN TO PERFORM A TENOTOMY | 439 | ||
| PRESERVATION OF THE CORONARY BAND | 441 | ||
| CORONARY BAND GROOVING | 441 | ||
| PROXIMAL HOOF WALL RESECTION | 442 | ||
| MEDIAL OR LATERAL SINKING (DISPLACEMENT) | 443 | ||
| INFECTIONS IN THE FOUNDERED FOOT | 444 | ||
| SUMMARY | 445 | ||
| REFERENCES | 445 | ||
| Chapter 16. Maggot Debridement Therapy for Laminitis | 447 | ||
| SUMMARY | 450 | ||
| REFERENCES | 450 | ||
| Chapter 17. First Aid for the Laminitic Foot: Therapeutic and Mechanical Support | 451 | ||
| SUPPORTING THE HOOF | 452 | ||
| THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 452 | ||
| GOALS OF MECHANICAL SUPPORT | 453 | ||
| TO SHOE, OR NOT TO SHOE? | 453 | ||
| FOAM PADS | 453 | ||
| LILY PADS | 454 | ||
| MODIFIED ULTIMATE CUFF | 454 | ||
| IMPRESSION MATERIAL | 454 | ||
| HEART BAR SHOES | 455 | ||
| GLUE-ON SHOES | 456 | ||
| CLOGS | 456 | ||
| FOOT CASTS | 456 | ||
| REDUCING THE WEIGHT OF THE HORSE | 457 | ||
| BEDDING/CONFINEMENT | 457 | ||
| SUMMARY | 457 | ||
| REFERENCES | 458 | ||
| Index | 459 |