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Genetic predispostion to founder
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<blockquote data-quote="ETF" data-source="post: 429700" data-attributes="member: 5944"><p>Lammie - There a several possible answers to that question. I'm not a vet nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express recently, so take this for what it's worth.</p><p></p><p>My personal answer is that every confounded equine out there is genetically predisposed to founder, colic, and a whole host of other dread diseases. :roll: The conventional answer, as SS noted, is that it's caused primarily be non-genetic things like overfeeding or cooling a hot horse down too fast. Some recent research indicates that clot formation and capillaries that open inappropriately may be an underlying cause (see this link, for example <a href="http://www.petcaretips.net/founder_laminitis_horse.html" target="_blank">http://www.petcaretips.net/founder_laminitis_horse.html</a> ). If that theory is correct, then there may in fact be some genetic predisposition towards founder.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line is who knows? That's why they call it <u>practicing</u> medicine. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ETF, post: 429700, member: 5944"] Lammie - There a several possible answers to that question. I'm not a vet nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express recently, so take this for what it's worth. My personal answer is that every confounded equine out there is genetically predisposed to founder, colic, and a whole host of other dread diseases. :roll: The conventional answer, as SS noted, is that it's caused primarily be non-genetic things like overfeeding or cooling a hot horse down too fast. Some recent research indicates that clot formation and capillaries that open inappropriately may be an underlying cause (see this link, for example [url]http://www.petcaretips.net/founder_laminitis_horse.html[/url] ). If that theory is correct, then there may in fact be some genetic predisposition towards founder. Bottom line is who knows? That's why they call it [u]practicing[/u] medicine. :D [/QUOTE]
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