Understanding the disease progression of abnormal hoof anatomy Part I: The mathematical needs of the lower grades or laminitis

摘要

I have devoted the last several decades of my life to understanding and treating laminitis. It has been, at times, an exercise in futility as I fought to understand the progression of the disease in the untreated or undertreated equine foot. During all of these years, there have, fortunately, been more successes than failures, and I have grown to understand what to expect and how to correct it before it becomes life-threatening. I have also taken every one of my failures personally.