2005 WALTHAM® - Virginia Tech Symposium

2005 WALTHAM® - Virginia Tech Symposium on “Innovative, Nutritional, Metabolic and Genetic Countermeasures to Equine Laminitis”, Washington, USA

These proceedings are available as a 169 page, bound A4 printout for £15. The proceedings include papers on the following:

• Equine Laminitis - Nathaniel A. White II DVM MS, DACVS
• Genetic and Metabolic Predictors of Pasture Laminitis: Opportunities for Effective Intervention – David Kronfeld and Kibby Treiber
• Genetics of Laminitis in Ponies – R. K. Splan, D. S. Kronfeld, K. H. Treiber, T. M. Hess and W. B. Staniar
• Insulin Resistance in Equine Laminitis – Kibby Trieber
• Pasture Components in Laminitis: Carbohydrate Analysis and Variations in Pasture Components – Bridgett McIntosh Byrd, MS
• Why is Pasture so Important in Laminitis? A European Perspective – Annette Longland 
• The Development Stage of Laminitis – The Role of Trigger Factors – Jonathan Elliot MA, VetMB, PhD, Cert SAC, Dip ECVPT, MRCVS
• Serial Alterations in Endothelin-1, Nitric Oxide, Insulin, Glucose and Platelet-Neutrophil Aggregates in Horses Administered Carbohydrate Overload – S. C. Eades, A. M. Stokes, P. J. Johnson, C. LeBlanc, V. K. Ganjam, P. R. Buff, R. M. Moore
• Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Laminitis: Does Adipose Tissue Play a Role? – M. M. Vick, D. R. Sessions, B. A. Murphy, E. L. Kennedy, B. P. Fitzgerald
• Effects of the Ingestion of Grass Meal (Cellulose), Sugar Beet Pulp (Pectin) Oats (Starch) or Jerusalem Artichoke (Fructan) on Hydrogen and Methane Exhalation in Horses – Manfred Coenen, Ingrid Vervuert, Anne Moesseler
• Fructan Concentrations in Roughage for Horses -  Ingrid Vervuert Manfred Coenen, Sandra Dahlhoff and Wolfgang Sommer
• Carbohydrate Content of Oat Forage is a Function of Plant Maturity and Environmental Conditions – N. J. Chatterton, K. A. Watts, K. B. Jensen, P. A. Harrison, H. W. Horton
• Glycemic Index and Low Glycemic Horse Feeds – Anne Rodiek, Ph.D.
• Countermeasures for Pasture Associated Laminitis – Pat Harris MA PhD DipECVCN VetMB MRCVS Abstracts
• Possible Mechanisms in the Development of Laminitis in the Horse - Pat Harris MA PhD DipECVCN VetMB MRCVS
• Lushness is not a Factor of the NSC Concentration of Grass – Kathryn Watts
• WSC Content of Forages in Autumn – Kathryn Watts
• Altered Laminar Gene Expression Indicative of Inflammatory and Metabolic Events in Horses with Laminitis – A. M. Stokes, S. R. Chirgwin, B. K. Hanly, J. P. Cardinale, D. M. Savois, J. Liford, S. C. Eades, R. M. Moore

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