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2025 No Laminitis Conference
The US alone has almost 10 million horses.

The most current estimates are that 10% to 15% of horses will suffer from laminitis every year. In the US, that is 1 million horses per year.

The ECIR Group has been there to help caregivers and their equines for 25 years, researching, educating, and helping equines negotiate rehabilitation from or avoidance of debilitating laminitis.

The 2025 Silver Jubilee NO Laminitis! Conference will be a special celebration of the 25 years that the ECIR Group has remained the largest field-trial database for Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) and Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS)/Insulin Resistance (IR) in the world.

Attendees will welcome the latest in research and proven protocols used to improve the welfare of equines in their care. Join the ECIR Group, Drs. Kellon, Bowker, Gustafson and 10 top-level equine researchers and professionals offering three days of information. 


2025 Silver Jubilee NO Laminitis! Conference

The 2025 NO Laminitis! Conference continues the mission to serve the scientific community, practicing clinicians, and owners by sharing top information most likely to quickly, immediately, and significantly benefit the welfare of the equine.

When: The weekend of October 31 - November 2, 2025
Where: ECIR Group Virtual Conference Room via Zoom
Attendees: Any professional or owner who has one or more horses in their care.


Conference Speakers

Robert M. Bowker
Robert M. Bowker, VMD, PhD

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Kathleen Gustafson, PhD
Kathleen Gustafson, PhD

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Eleanor M. Kellon, VMD
Eleanor M. Kellon, VMD

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Elaine Norton, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM-LA
Elaine Norton, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM-LA

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Paige Poss, APF
Paige Poss, APF - Anatomy of the Equine, LLC

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Shannon Pratt-Phillips, MS, PhD, PAS
Shannon Pratt-Phillips, MS, PhD, PAS

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Pete Ramey, PHCP Practitioner/Clinician
Pete Ramey, PHCP Practitioner/Clinician

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Conference Topics

  • Early signs of PPID
  • Pergolide dosage and other poll results from ECIR Group
  • Obesity, hyperinsulinemia, and the curse of laminitis
  • Risk of equine metabolic syndrome in Arabian horses and their subgroups
  • Is PPID Parkinson's Disease of Equids?
  • Factors affecting ACTH concentration and implications for endocrine diagnostic testing
  • Mechanisms leading to hypertriglyceridemia in SGLT2 treated horses [ECIR Funded Research]
  • Nutrition Considerations for Equine Hyperinsulinemia
  • Factors influencing concentrations and types of water- and ethanol-soluble carbohydrates in cool-season grasses
  • Effects of vitamin/mineral supplementation with or without jiaogulan on hoof growth, metabolic health, and nutrient status in mature horses
  • GLP-1— Friend or Foe?
  • Hypertriglyceridemia with SGLT2 — biochemistry and management
  • Veterinary Experiences with SGLT2 Inhibitors
  • Mitigating Iron Overload Disorder in the Black Rhino: Comparative Solutions to a Cross-Species
  • Every Horse is Different: How Owners Navigate and Manage Equine Metabolic Disease and PPID
  • How does foot anatomy change to become "normal?"
  • Loading of the foot can and will alter the shape and structures of the digital bones
  • Hoof wall growth and how does the hoof adapt to "normal" loading?
  • Anatomy of the palmar foot and the presence of a flexible skeleton in healthy feet
  • Long toes seem to dominate the feet of the domestic horse. How does this happen?
  • Is the blood supply to the frog and digital cushion, as the anatomy books state, scant?

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About the ECIR Group

The mission of the ECIR Group Inc. is to improve the welfare of equines with metabolic disorders via a unique interface between basic research and real-life clinical experience.  Prevention of laminitis is the ultimate goal.  The ECIR Group serves the scientific community, practicing clinicians, and owners by focusing on investigations most likely to quickly, immediately, and significantly benefit the welfare of the horse.



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