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Steroids and Insulin: The Hidden Trigger of Catastrophic Laminitis

Conversations in Equine Science by Nancy McLean

Dec 23, 202515:04Science & Medicine

In this episode Nancy McLean checks into recent equine herpes cases and focuses on new research linking corticosteroid (triamcinolone) joint injections to insulin spikes and severe laminitis. They review the case of Fion...

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