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A - Z

A

α-MSH - α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone 
AAKG
Abbreviations
Abscesses (foot)
ACP (Ace, Acepromazine, Sedalin)
ACTH
ACTH testing

Acupuncture (for laminitis)
Adiponectin
Age
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AICAR
​ALCAR - Acetyl-L-Carnitine, L-Carnitine
Alfalfa
Anatomy (hoof/foot and lower leg)
​
Angiotensin
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)
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Box rest/confinement
Bromocriptine
​Bute - see Phenylbutazone

C

Cabergoline
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
Corticosteriods
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
Deep Digital Flexor Muscle
Dexamethasone Suppression Test - DST
Diabetes 
Diet
Digital pulse

Distal Descent/Sinking
Domperidone
Donkeys and Mules
Dopamine 

E

Endocrinology
Endocrinopathic laminitis
Endothelin-1
Endotoxins - endotoxaemia
​EOTRH
​
​Epidemiology (of laminitis)​
Euglycemic Hyperinsulinemic Clamp (EHC)
Euthanasia
Exercise 
Exunguilation
Eyes

F

Fat/Oil - feeding (for fat horses see Obesity)
Foot support/Frog support
FOS - Fructo-Oligosaccharides
Founderguard
France - information relating to
Fructans  
Fructose
FSIGT

G

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

H

Hair
Hay
Hay soaking
Haylage
Heel
Hirsutism/hypertrichosis and hair coat changes
Homeopathy
Hoof boots 
Hoof wall surface temperature
Hyperhidrosis - excessive sweating
Hyperlipaemia
Hypothalamus/Hypothalamic-Pituitary Gland Axis

I

Ice - see Cyrotherapy
IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1)
Incretins
Inflammation
Insulin
    hyperinsulinaemia
    Insulin testing
Insulin Resistance

Iron

J K

Jiaogulan
Journals

L

Laboratories
Lactation
Laminitis - pathology
Leptin

Lethargy
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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
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Microbiome
Minerals
MIRG
MRI
Muscle wasting
Muzzles

N

Neurological symptoms - PPID
Nitric Oxide - NO
Nitroglycerine
NSAIDs
NSC

O

Obel Grades
Obesity (Adiposity, Fat, Fatness)
Oligofructose
Oral Glucose Test (OGT)/Oral Sugar Test (OST)
Osteomyelitis
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)
Pituitary gland  
Platelet-Rich Plasma
POMC
Prolactin
Proxies
PU/PD

R

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

S

Seasonal rise (in ACTH)
Sepsis Associated Laminitis (SAL) (was SIRS - Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome)
Sheath (swelling and smegma as indicators of IR)

Shoes
Sinusitis
Sole - necrosis and penetration
Sugar and starch
Support and advice
Supporting Limb Laminitis
Supraorbital fat

T

​Tenotomy
​Thermography
Thrush
Thyroid hormones
Thyro-L - see Levothyroxine Sodium
TNF-alpha
​Tramadol
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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