Paradigm shifts in understanding equine laminitis



Patterson-Kane, JC, Karikoski, NP and McGowan, CM ORCID: 0000-0002-1946-9584
(2018) Paradigm shifts in understanding equine laminitis. VETERINARY JOURNAL, 231. pp. 33-40.

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Abstract

Laminitis, one of the most debilitating conditions of all equids, is now known to be the result of several systemic disease entities. This finding, together with other recent developments in the field of laminitis research, have provoked a rethink of our clinical and research strategies for this condition. First, laminitis is now considered to be a clinical syndrome associated with systemic disease (endocrine disease, sepsis or systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SIRS) or altered weight bearing rather than being a discrete disease entity. Next, laminitis associated with endocrine disease (endocrinopathic laminitis) is now believed to be the predominant form in animals presenting (primarily) for lameness. Third, the designation of laminitis as a primary and severe basement membrane pathology now requires revision. Instead, current data now proposes a variable subclinical phase associated with gross changes in the hoof capsule, with stretching and elongation of the lamellar cells an early and key event in the pathophysiology. These findings have fuelled new mechanistic hypotheses and research directions that will be discussed, together with their implications for future clinical management.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Equine metabolic syndrome, Hoof, Histopathology, Insulin, Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 08 Jan 2018 07:38
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 06:46
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.11.011
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.11.011
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3015585