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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. EST Speaker: Dr. Bridgett McIntosh | University of Tennessee Summary: Laminitis is a painful, disabling, common and costly disease of the horse and pony. Both the digestive and metabolic forms of laminitis (commonly referred to as founder) are linked to nutrition. This presentation discusses the most current science based information focusing on stategies to help reduce the occurrence of equine laminitis through the management of nutritionally related risk factors associated with pastures, hays, feeds and the animals themselves. For more information, visit http://myhorseuniversity.com/node/264.