Laminitis is a disease that affects the feet of hooved animals (ungulates) and it is found mostly in horses and cattle. Clinical signs include foot tenderness progressing to inability to walk, increased digital pulses, and increased temperature in the hooves. Severe cases with outwardly visible clinical signs are known by the colloquial term found... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminitis
Lam`i·ni'tis noun [ New Latin See Lamina , and -itis .] (Far.) Inflammation of the laminæ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder. Youatt. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/9
Inflammation of the laminae of the foot, which serve to attach the coffin bone to the hoof wall; also known as founder. Found on http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L=L
laminitis 1. Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse. 2. Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone; especially, in the hoof of a horse. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1143/
a serious disease affecting the hooves, often caused by eating too much grain or green grass; especially problematic for ponies. Also called founder. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22477