ANFS241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Retained Placenta, Laminitis, Sepsis
30 Nov 2016
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Pathology: no boney attachment, laminar layers hold the bone in place and they fail which cases laminitis, a horse has a pounding pulse. Risk factors: not just nutrition, sepsis, endocrine/ metabolic disorders, toxicity, concussion/ supporting limb, nutrition. Concussion/supporting limb: stress breaks, other limbs take the weight of the horse. Robust induction models: oligo fructose (fructans, insulin, high starch, black walnut, about half of the cases are nutrition based. Most common month is may because the grass is starting to grow: average wsc content of rye grass, may about 27% Highest in the afternoon, lowest at day break. Wanted to feed when the sugar content is lowest: high sugar is a pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the horse does(cid:374)"t have the enzymes to digest the sugar in the stomach or the small intestine. No enzymes to digest fructans: if you have a horse that (cid:272)oli(cid:272)"s pay attention to the feet. Laminitis: key mechanisms that lead to lamellar failure.
