Laminitis refers to inflammation of the lamellar tissue inside a horse's hoof, which supports the coffin bone inside of the hoof capsule. Inflammation of that tissue leads to hoof pain ...

Laminitis is a common, yet typically quite painful, and often reoccurring health issue affecting the hooves of equines. For ...

Often called "founder," laminitis is caused by an alteration in the blood supply of the foot which results in damage to the sensitive laminae where the hoof is attached to the foot. The disease may be ...