Therapeutic hypothermia (cryotherapy) to prevent and treat acute laminitis.
Digital hypothermia successfully reduces the severity of experimentally induced laminitis. Continuous-distal limb cryotherapy may be a useful technique in clinical cases that are at risk of developing laminitis. This article examines the effects of hypothermia on tissue as well as the rationale, and suggested protocols for the usage of distal limb cryotherapy in the prevention and treatment of laminitis.
van Eps
Andrew W
AW
School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Slip Road, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. a.vaneps@uq.edu.au
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D006724:Hoof and Claw / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000502:physiology*