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Nitric oxide donors as treatment for grass induced acute laminitis in ponies

Nitric oxide donors as treatment for grass induced acute laminitis in ponies Summary The potential for participation of the arginine‐nitric oxide system in the aetiology of acute equine laminitis has been assessed. Nitric oxide (NO), produced by the action of NO synthase (NOS) on its substrate l‐arginine, relaxes vascular smooth muscle to cause vasodilatation. An attenuated normal vasodilatory tone may characterise the pathogenesis of acute equine laminitis. An intravenous infusion of 10%l‐arginine in 0.9% saline caused vasodilatation in the hoof of a normal pony and immediate reperfusion of laminal tissues in an acutely laminitic pony, detected noninvasively by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), but the amino acid had little effect on systemic blood pressure. Treatment of acute laminitis with glyceryl trinitrate applied topically to the pasterns reduced the typical ‘bounding pulses’ in treated limbs, reduced lameness and lowered systemic blood pressure. Nitric oxide is likely to participate in the multifactorial pathogenesis of equine laminitis. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Equine Veterinary Journal Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 1996 EVJ Ltd
ISSN
0425-1644
eISSN
2042-3306
DOI
10.1111/j.2042-3306.1996.tb01586.x
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Abstract

Summary The potential for participation of the arginine‐nitric oxide system in the aetiology of acute equine laminitis has been assessed. Nitric oxide (NO), produced by the action of NO synthase (NOS) on its substrate l‐arginine, relaxes vascular smooth muscle to cause vasodilatation. An attenuated normal vasodilatory tone may characterise the pathogenesis of acute equine laminitis. An intravenous infusion of 10%l‐arginine in 0.9% saline caused vasodilatation in the hoof of a normal pony and immediate reperfusion of laminal tissues in an acutely laminitic pony, detected noninvasively by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), but the amino acid had little effect on systemic blood pressure. Treatment of acute laminitis with glyceryl trinitrate applied topically to the pasterns reduced the typical ‘bounding pulses’ in treated limbs, reduced lameness and lowered systemic blood pressure. Nitric oxide is likely to participate in the multifactorial pathogenesis of equine laminitis.

Journal

Equine Veterinary JournalWiley

Published: Jan 1, 1996

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