Advice article filter Advice about   Sugar causes laminitis
‘The sweet seducer’ by: Jessica Bunjes  The nightmare of many
horse owners in the turning out season is laminitis. The fear of
too much protein in the feed determines the behaviour a great
deal. But protein is not the cause of laminitis at all. This is
the result of the research carried out by the Australian
professor Christopher Pollitt (University of Queensland):”sugar
is the main cause of laminitis”.  “The assumed relationship
between laminitis and protein is easy to explain as the disease
appears most of the time in the spring when the new grass grows
and the grass contains a lot of protein”, states veterinary
surgeon Leendert Jan Hofland, member of the Pavo GroomingTeam.
This is a team of experts who provide free advice to horse
owners on “According to the latest findings, the main cause of
laminitis during the turning out season is a complex sugar,
called Fructan, which is produced by grass”, states Vincent
Hinnen, who is also a member of the