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A

​α-MSH - α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone
AAKG
Abbreviations
Abscesses (foot)
ACP (Ace, Acepromazine, Sedalin)
ACTH - Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
ACTH testing
Acupuncture
Adiponectin
Adipose tissue
Age
AGEs - Advanced Glycation Endproducts
AICAR
ALCAR
Alfalfa
AMPK
Anatomy (hoof/foot and lower leg)
Angiotensis
Anhidrosis
​Anti-Diuretic Hormone/Vasopressin
Aspirin

B

Behaviour changes
β-Endorphin
Black Walnut
Blood tests
Blood pressure/hypertension
Body Condition Score (BCS)
​Bone
P3 Bone loss/remodeling - osteopenia/osteitis and ski tips
Botox (Botulinum toxin)
​
Box rest/confinement
Bromocriptine
​Bute - see Phenylbutazone

C

Cabergoline
Canagliflozin & SGLT2 inhibitors
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrate overload
CGIT - Combined Glucose-Insulin Test
Charcoal - Activated
Chromium
Chronic laminitis
Cinnamon
CLIP
Cold weather
Combined Dexamethasone Suppression/TRH stimulation test
Conferences & proceedings
Coronary band separation
Corticosteroids
Cortisol
C-peptide
Cresty neck
CRH - Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Cryotherapy (cold therapy/icing the feet)
CT - computed tomography
Cyproheptadine
Cytokines
​

D

DDFT - deep digital flexor tendon/tenotomy
Deep Digital Flexor Muscle
Dexamethasone Suppression Test
Diabetes 
Diet
Digital pulse
Distal descent/sinking
Domperidone
Donkeys and mules
Dopamine (DA)
​Dopamine agonists

E

Endocrinology
Endocrinopathic laminitis
Endothelin-1
Endotoxins - endotoxaemia
EOTRH
​Epidemiology (of laminitis)
Euglycemic Hyperinsulinemic Clamp (EHC)
​Euthanasia - including Saying Goodbye
Exercise - including returning to work after laminitis
​Exunguilation
Eyes

F

Fat/Oil - feeding (for fat horses see Obesity)
Fenugreek
Foot support (frog support)
​Forage analysis
FOS - Fructo-Oligosaccharides
Founderguard
France - information relating to
Fructans
Fructosamine
Fructose
FSIGT (Frequently Sampled Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test)
​

G

G:I ratio
Gabapentin
Genes/genetics
GIP - see Incretins
GLP-1 - see Incretins
​Glycemic index/load
Glucagon
​Glucocorticoids - see Corticosteroids
Glucosamine
Glucose
GLUTs (glucose transporters)
Glyburide
Goat's Rue
Grass
Growth hormone
​

H

Hair
Hay
Hay soaking
Haylage
Heparin
Homeopathy
Hoof - see Feet A-Z
Hoof testers
​Hoof/hoof wall surface temperature
​Hops
Hyperhidrosis - excessive sweating
Hyperlipaemia
Hypertrichosis/hirsutism and hair coat changes
Hypothalamus/Hypothalamic-Pituitary Gland Axis
​

I

Ice - see Cyrotherapy
IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1)
Immune system
Incretins (GLP-1 and GIP)
Inflammation
Insulin
Insulin - hyperinsulinaemia
Insulin testing
Insulin Dysregulation
Insulin Resistance
Insulin tolerance test (ITT)
Invokana - see Canagliflozin & SGLT2 inhibitors
Iron
​

J K

​Jiaogulan
Journals

L

Laboratories
Lactate
Lactation
Laminitis - definition
Laminitis - pathology
Leaky gut  
Leeches
​Leptin
Lethargy
​Levothyroxine Sodium (Thyro-L)​
Ligaments and tendons
Light
​Lipids
​Lipopolysaccharides
Liver
Lungs/Respiratory Diseases/RAO
Lyme disease
​

M

Maggot debridement therapy
Magnesium
​Magnetic therapy
Mares and IR/PPID
Medicines and drugs
Metalloproteinases- MMPs (matrix metalloproteinases), ADAM and ADAMTS proteins
Metformin
​
Microbiome
Minerals
MIRG
MRI
Muscle wasting
Muzzles

N

​Neurological symptoms - PPID
Neuropathic pain
Nitric Oxide NO
Nitroglycerine
NSAIDs
NSC - Non Structural Carbohydrates

O

Obel grades
Obesity
Oligofructose
​Omega 3
OST/OGT - Oral Sugar Test/Oral Glucose Test
Osteomyelitis/Septic Pedal Osteitis
Overweight - see Obesity
​Oxidative Stress
​

P Q

P3 - third phalanx - coffin bone - pedal bone
Pain
Palmar angle
Paracetamol​
Pasture Associated Laminitis (PAL)​
PCOS - PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome
Pergolide
Phenylbutazone (Bute)
​Physical therapy
​Pioglitazone
Pituitary gland  
Platelet-Rich Plasma
POMC - proopiomelanocortin
Prolactin (PRL)
Proxies
PU/PD - Polyuria/Polydipsia

R

Radiographs (x-rays)
Regional Limb Perfusion
Resection - of hoof wall
​
​Resveratrol
Retained Placenta
RISQI

S

Seasonal rise (in ACTH)
Sedation
Sepsis Associated Laminitis (SAL) (was SIRS - Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome)
SGLT-2 inhibitors (Canagliflozin, Ertugliflozin, Velagliflozin...)
Sheath (swelling and smegma as indicators of IR)
Shoes
Sinusitis
Sole - necrosis and penetration
​Somatostatin
Sphingolipids
​Stevia/Stevioside
​​Straw
​
Stress
Sugar and starch
Support and advice
Supporting Limb Laminitis
Supraorbital fat

T

​Tenotomy
​Thermography
​Thermoregulation
Thrush
Thyroid hormones
Thyro-L - see Levothyroxine Sodium
TNF-alpha
​Tramadol
​
​Transport/Travelling
Transporters - sugar/starch
TRH - thyrotropin-releasing hormone
TRH stimulation test
Triglycerides
Trilostane

U V W X Y Z

​Urinary cortisol:creatinine ratio
Vaccines
Vasoconstriction and Vasodilation
Vasopressin
Velagliflozin
Venogram
Vets
Vitex agnus castus (Chastetree berry)
Weight
Weight gain
​​Weight loss
White line (including white line disease)
Worms and parasites
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