Laminitis
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Laminitis is a disease of the feet of ungulates, found mostly in horses and cattle, involving inflammation of the laminae. Clinical signs include foot tenderness progressing to inability to walk, incr
Radiograph of a horse hoof showing marked separation of the hoof from the coffin bone with evidence of rotation and sinking, compatible with active severe laminitis. P2 designates the middle phalanx, or pastern bone, and P3 designates the distal phalanx, or coffin bone. The yellow lines mark the distance between the top and bottom part of the coffin bone relative to the hoof wall, showing marked widening of the hoof-lamellar zone, with the distal (bottom) of the coffin bone rotated away from the hoof wall.
Hoof sagittal section with widespread laminiar inflammation and rotation of third phalanx
Hoof specimen, sagittal section. Severe P3 rotation and penetration into the sole. A lamellar wedge is evident.
The front feet of this horse exhibit the rings and overgrowth typical of foundered horses.
Barbaro (horse)
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Barbaro was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, but shattered his leg two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes, which ended his racing career and eventually led
Laminitis
…legs. This sometimes leads to static laminitis, particularly if the animal is confined in a stall. A notable example is the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro. Transport laminitis sometimes occurs in horses confined in a trailer or other transportation for long periods of time. Historically, the most extreme…
Barbaro (middle) walking to the track at the Fair Hill Training Center in May 2006, a week after winning the Kentucky Derby
Monument and statue honoring Barbaro at entrance to Churchill Downs.