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María Alejandra Ramelli

Common causes of laminitis (Royal Veterinary College, 2018) (AAEP, 2018):

• Overeating grain or grass.

• Sudden dietary changes.

• Diseases associated with inflammation such as certain types of colic or
retained placenta for more than
12 hours in a mare after foaling.

• Obesity.

• Trauma from excess work
in unshod horses on hard ground.

• Endocrine disease.

• Bedding that contains black
walnut shavings.

Symptoms (Royal Veterinary College, 2018) (AAEP, 2018):

• Lameness when the horse is turning in circles and walking on hard
ground.

• Increased digital pulse in the feet.

• Pain when pressure is applied with hoof testers.

• The horse leans back on his heels.

• Warm hooves.

Azoturia

Azoturia is serious and painful muscle condition also known as “Monday
morning disease”, “tying-up” or “Equine Rhabdomyolysis” (Scarsdale Veteri-
nary Group, 2015). Members of the XL Vets Equine Association (no year of pu-
blication) describe azoturia as “a disturbance of the normal functioning of the

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