As grass grows in summer and autumn, vets see more cases of horses and ponies with laminitis. Spring is also a worry as this is when grass starts to grow and, when eaten by equines who haven’t lost ...

Founder or laminitis is a common disease of the horse's foot that can cause chronic lameness or even death. The laminia is a connective tissue that attaches the hoof to the coffin bone (see diagram 1) ...