Nutrition and management advice from a veterinarian is important to managing horses at-risk for developing laminitis. | Photo: iStock

“But it is not only fat ponies that can suffer from pasture-associated laminitis,” emphasized Nanna Luthersson, DVM, partner at Hestedoktoren, a Danish equine veterinary clinic.

She and colleagues recently determine that “overconditioned animals may be at increased risk” of developing the condition, as well.

In a study on the topic Luthersson and her team observed 110 horses in Denmark diagnosed with laminitis (69 new cases and 41 chronic ones) and determined that nearly 33% of the study equids with laminitis were euthanized within 12 months of being diagnosed