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A
blend of natural plant extracts has been developed
at The Laminitis Clinic to supplement the diet of "good doer" horses
and ponies.
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Pony
1. Typical appearance
of chronic founder feet after corrective trimming which exposes the crescents
of laminar horn at the toes. Despite being trimmed correctly every five weeks
he still suffered from laminitis from time to time.
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The same
pony as shown in the picture above. He started receiving the product six months
previously and has not had his feet trimmed since! The feet could do with a trim
but there is no longer the distortion characteristic of chronic founder: his feet
have grown downwards compared to growing forwards previously. He has not suffered
an attack of laminitis in the interim.
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Record
of using the product on two ponies
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Pony
1
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Insulin
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Cortisol
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eACTH
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Glucose
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Normals
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7-51mIU/l
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25-155
nmol/l
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<100
pg/ml
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3.4-5.9
mmol/l
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Day 1
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156
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160
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36
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5.1
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Day 64
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39
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129
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38
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4.5
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Pony
2
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Day 1
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169
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214
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25
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4.4
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Day 50
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38
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116
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27
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4.0
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Record of an intravenous glucose tolerance test on Pony 1 (the
pony in the pictures above) whilst on the product
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Time after giving
150mg/kg glucose i/v
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Glucose mmol/L |
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4.2 |
| 5 mins |
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10.5 |
| 20 mins |
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7.7 |
| 40 mins |
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6.6 |
| 80 mins |
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5.0 |
| 150 mins |
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3.3 |
| These results indicate completely normal insulin sensitivity
as reported by Eiler, H., Frank, N., Andrews, F.M., Oliver, J.W.and Fecteau, K.A.
(2005) Physiological assessment of blood glucose homeostasis via combined glucose
and insulin testing in horses. Am. J. Vet. Res. 66.9.1598-1604. |
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