Thermographic study of <i>in vivo</i> modulation of vascular responses to phenylephrine and endothelin‐1 by dexamethasone in the horse

Abstract

Glucocorticoid therapy probably decreases perfusion of the equine hoof. During disease states that already are characterised by hypoperfusion and/or increased levels of circulating catecholamines, glucocorticoid therapy could, according to the vascular model of laminitis, tilt the balance in favour of laminitis.