Laminitis

Abstract

Laminitis has become a fashionable diagnosis in dairy cow lameness. Some fifteen years ago, Dutch colleagues vehemently denied the existence of this problem in their country. Nowadays they not only agree that it occurs, but they, along with some Scandinavians, have been among the few critical observers of the clinical condition, and have also successfully reproduced laminitis in cattle. Let us pose a series of questions and attempt answers.