The pathophysiology of chronic laminitis - Pain and anatomic pathology

The potential pathologic manifestations of chronic laminitis are just as va ried, and possibly more so, than the list of possible inciting agents of th e disease itself. The extent to which rehabilitation and return to normal f unction can be attained, cannot always be accurately determined by physical examination. It should be remembered that significant physiologic and path ologic alterations occur in chronic laminitis; thus, even if radiographical ly the patient returns to a normal appearance, residual morphologic and str uctural defects are likely to remain.