Laminitis occurs most frequently when a horse's digestive tract experiences a carbohydrate overload, which means a sudden or excessive increase in grain, high sugar grass or other high sugar/starch content horse feeds. This leads to a rapid change in bacteria levels, affecting the horse's PH and allowing toxins to be released into the horse's blood, where they can dramatically interfere with hoof circulation. Given the significant detriment to horse health that laminitis can create,...
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