Additional Resources
Articles:
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Insulin Resistance, What is it really? |
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The Wonders of the Horse's Immune System |
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Healing from Humans to Horses with Dr. Thomas |
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A Lesson in Blood Chemistry Analysis |
The Relationship Between Natural Hoof Wall Growth
and Laminitis |
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The Easy Keeper: Myth and Dangers |
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The Missing Link in Laminitis: Healthy Horse - Laminitic Horse |
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The Immune Laminitis Connection |
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IR – Insulin Resistance: What is it really? |
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Equine Research: A Question of Values |
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Moon Blindness (Uveitis): How it Happens and How it Progresses |
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Contemporary Chinese Herbalism |
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Take the Guesswork Out of Predicting Laminitis |
Stories:
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Jesse Doe's Story - How For Love of the Horse began |
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Jesse Doe This Sweet September |
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A Tragic Story with A Happy Ending: Patterns of Chinese Herbalism and Laboratory Blood Work |
Care and Management
Webcasts
The Metabolic Syndrome Progression Curve - download |
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Dr. Thomas’s new model of the metabolic syndrome in horses is presented with clarity and excitement. He describes a predictable “time course” beginning with the onset of Insulin Resistance that then advances and follows a sequence of measurable parameters with accompanying consequences such as laminitis and other health problems whose risk increases with the progression |
Laminitis: Looking more like diabetes all the time with Dr Joseph Thomas - download |
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This show is an absolute MUST HEAR for any horse caretaker. Dr. Thomas explains how metabolic issues happen to horses and how that plays into laminitis. Although invaluable for those who have "Easy Keepers", this model of diabetes is a breakthrough in laminitis research and will benefit everyone |
