Rosehips tea 1 litre of rosehips daily 500ml am 500ml pm is o k.
Anti laminitis diet.
Laminitis prevention is far more successful than laminitis cure.
Some very sensitive horses will need esc plus starch to be under eight percent.
This can be achieved by feeding mature lucerne hay that is typically lower in fructans and higher in protein than other hays.
1 5 2 bodyweight hay depending on whether weight loss is needed 1 5 or not 2 so 7 5 10 kg for a 500 kg horse 3 75 5 kg for a 250 kg pony soaked for at least 1 hour then drained to reduce sugars or analysed to show combined sugar starch no more than 10.
Appropriate diet and or pasture management is essential in at risk horses.
When disease is recognized it should be treated immediately.
Extra care is recommended for any horse that has had laminitis including.
As well supplement the diet with the following.
Feeding a concentrate that does not contain cereal grains and has a low starch and wsc level.
Horses with laminitis need high fiber low carbohydrate diets.
The small amount of bran needed for these horses may not upset the calcium phosphorus ratio though the entire diet should be evaluated to keep it balanced.
Hay feed approx.
Horses subject to endocrinopathic laminitis need to have all components of the diet below 10 percent ethanol soluble sugar esc plus starch and the starch component needs to be below four percent.
Fenugreek tea a herbal tea made from fenugreek seeds.
Emergency diet for a horse with endocrinopathic laminitis feed.
A modified diet that provides adequate nutrition based on high quality forage digestible fiber beet pulp and oil.
Mitavite munga is an ideal feed for a laminitic horse with a starch level of 5 2 and a wsc sugar level of 8 4.
You cannot overdose on this.
Horses should be kept at an appropriate weight so as not to incur the risk of laminitis associated with obesity.
I e is low in sugar and starches.
Avoid excess carbohydrates especially from grain.
Wheat bran mashes are good for overweight horses.
Base the diet on forage feeds that are low in sugars and fructans collectively called water soluble carbohydrates or wsc.
Laminitis is a complex cascade of events that causes the soft tissues laminae within the hoof to swell weaken and die.
This can all occur before any symptoms are apparent and once the process has started it is extremely difficult to stop.
