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OBS: C'est une affection très douloureuse qui semble due à un choc histaminique local provoqué soit par un traumatisme (fatigue, accident), soit par une intoxication (suralimentation, maladie infectieuse, etc.).

OBS: There is heat and pain at the coronets and in bad cases protrusion of the third phalanx through the sole of the hoof. Most cases are caused by severe toxaemia, as in engorgement on grain or metritis in the mare, and are called metabolic laminitis. Some are caused by trauma, such as in pawing due to boredom or in horses transported over long distances without rest, and are called traumatic laminitis.