Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Horse Talk!
Genetic predispostion to founder
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="luvs2ride1979" data-source="post: 430532" data-attributes="member: 6733"><p>Yes, insulin resistant horses/ponies can be prone to founder. These horses have a hard time processing sugars and starches. They will get sore feet that can progress to founder if fed sweet feed, corn, wheat, and high sugar hays (like some alfalfa, or stressed grass hay). Early spring grass, or grass coming up during/after a bad drought can have a lot of excess sugar and cause some horses to founder (grasses produce more starch/sugar when stressed).</p><p></p><p>Some horses can be prone to mechanical founder. These horses can be founder-free if trimmed and shod properly, but radiographs nave to be taken so the coffin bone position can be indentified, and the trim or shoeing can be adjusted to bring it back to the proper alignment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luvs2ride1979, post: 430532, member: 6733"] Yes, insulin resistant horses/ponies can be prone to founder. These horses have a hard time processing sugars and starches. They will get sore feet that can progress to founder if fed sweet feed, corn, wheat, and high sugar hays (like some alfalfa, or stressed grass hay). Early spring grass, or grass coming up during/after a bad drought can have a lot of excess sugar and cause some horses to founder (grasses produce more starch/sugar when stressed). Some horses can be prone to mechanical founder. These horses can be founder-free if trimmed and shod properly, but radiographs nave to be taken so the coffin bone position can be indentified, and the trim or shoeing can be adjusted to bring it back to the proper alignment. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Horse Talk!
Genetic predispostion to founder
Top