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Q1 In which country do you live?

Q2 Please complete these details about your horse or donkey:

Male Female

Height

Breed

Age

Colour

Q3 What type of work does your equine do?

Q4 How many hours does this total per week?

Q5 Do you monitor your equine's digital pulse?   Yes No Sometimes

Q6 Do you monitor your equine's fecal pH?   Yes No Sometimes

Q7 Do you know your equine's condition score?   Yes No

Q8 Do you regularly use a weight tape to monitor your equine's weight?   Yes No Sometimes

Q9 How often does your farrier visit?

Q10 Is your equine regularly vaccinated against:
Tetanus:   Yes No
Influenza:   Yes No
Other:

Q11 How often do you worm your equine?

Q12 Do you use the same product throughout the year or rotate the brands?   Same Rotate

Q13 How do you judge your equine's weight to give the correct dose?

Q14 What month did the laminitis start?

Q15 What were the weather conditions at the time preceding the start of the laminitis?

Q16 Was your equine kept at grass, stabled or stabled with daily grazing?
  Grass Stabled Stabled with daily grazing

Q17 If you equine was stabled, which type of bedding were you using?

Q18 If your equine was stabled with daily grazing was your equine allowed grazing at night or during the day?   Night Day Both

Q19 Was your equine the only animal in the field?   Yes No

Q20 If the animal was grazing with others, did any of them also suffer from laminitis?   Yes No

Q21 How many hours a day was the animal at grass?

Q22 Did you use a grazing muzzle?   Yes No

Q23 Did you use restricted grazing?   Yes No

Q24 Did you use strip grazing?   Yes No

Q25 Had the grazing been sprayed or fertilized during the week prior to the animal grazing the area?
  Yes No

Q26 Was the grazing a new lay or an established grass area which had not been re-seeded for over five years?
  New Established

Q27 What acreage/size was the field?

Q28 Was there an abundance of grass in the paddock?   Yes No

Q29 Was there an abundance of clover in the paddock?   Yes No

Q30 Was the grazed area adjacent to arable land?   Yes No

Q31 If the grazed area was adjacent to arable land, had this recently been sprayed or fertilised?
  Yes No

Q32 If the attack occurred during winter, was there a covering of snow in the field?   Yes No

Q33 Was the ground frozen?   Yes No

Q34 Was there a ground frost?   Yes No

Q35 Did you fit leg bandages/boots while the equine was grazing prior to suffering laminitis?
  Yes No

Q36 What do you think caused the laminitis?

Q37 Had the animal been "off colour" prior to suffering laminitis?   Yes No

Q38 Had the equine travelled in the three days prior to the attack?   Yes No

Q39 If so, how had it travelled, in a horsebox or a trailer?

Q40 How far did you travel?

Q41 What were the weather conditions at the time?

Q42 What actions did you take when you suspected your equine had laminitis?

Q43 Did you call:
Vet Farrier Both Other

Q44 How long after suspecting your equine had laminitis did you call out:
Vet

Farrier

Other

Q45 How long after your call did they arrive?

Q46 Is the vet part of:    Small animal practice Mixed practice Equines only practice

Q47 What did your vet or farrier think had caused the laminitis?

Q48 What advice did your receive from:
Vet

Farrier

Other

Q49 Were you feeding the equine any bagged food when it suffered laminitis?   Yes No
(Please state brands and quantities fed)

Q50 Were these feeding levels in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations?   Yes No

This completes part one of this survey.

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