Thursday, 29 September 2011

Laminitis In Action: Coffin Bone Rotation Time Lapse Video (International Laminitis Conference Preview)







Laminitis, caught in the act: The foot of a horse suffering from Potomac Horse Fever is recorded as it goes through two processes subsequent to the damage in the foot caused by the disease: the coffin bone appears to be rotating away from the hoof wall at the toe and down at its tip; it is also "sinking" within the foot. These two processes are called rotation and sinking, or sinker

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