1. SAE Project
Elisabeth Outlaw

2. What did I do? Rode and took care of my horse, Calisto
Helped give Calisto the care he needed to get through his relapse of laminitis
Researched laminitis
Researched and used glucosamine to supplement both my horse and dog’s diets.

3. My Horse

4. Timeline of Events From Calisto's Case of Laminitis
August 2, 2006
today
August 5, 2006
July 21, 2006

5. Calisto Gets Sick! No appetite Lying down Colic or Colitis?
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6. Side-effects of Colitis
Stomach problems caused dehydration and loss of protein.
Disease can be deadly
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7. Fluids Here you can see the fluids hanging from the top of his stall
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8. Ice Boots When removed: laminitis began Preventatives
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9. Getting Better As you can see, his personality was getting happier
His sickness was wearing away, but there was more to come…
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10. Calisto Gets Laminitis
Came from his high fever and illness (Colitis)
Also came from toxins
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11. Problems
We took Calisto back to get radiographs to see how bad the problem really was
He had rotated to the side
Mansman’s farrier shod him
Wasn’t good
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12. Shoes Calisto has tried many shoes
Most effective: shoe held on by fiberglass cast (L) and egg bar shoe with inside packing (R)
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13. Light Treatment Infrared lights on pads 3 stages
Helped to increase blood flow
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14. Today
Calisto has been doing great after he finally got over laminitis

15. But…
A few months ago Calisto suffered a minor relapse of his laminitis
Unfortunately we do not know what caused it

16. Slow Progress
Calisto and I had to first only hand walk and hand graze until his foot was ready

17. First Walk and Trot

18. Looking Ahead I am now able to walk, trot, and canter him
However, it will be awhile until I am able to fully do everything I used to do and competitions are questionable

19. Meanwhile…
I was giving Calisto and my dog, Butch the supplement glucosamine to help with the health of their joints
Calisto was given an injection and Butch got it in pill form

20. Butch! My dog Butch is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi
He is 11 years old and as he is getting older we thought that giving him glucosamine would help him be more comfortable

21. Energy UP! Went from this 
 To always wanting to be outside and running around and always wanting to play!!

22. Calisto
Before Calisto got his laminitis the glucosamine was helping him to have more hunter-like movement and he was on his way to getting many show ribbons!

23. Conclusion
Advancements in medicine have really been wonderful for both of my animals and have really improved the quality of their life
I would definitely recommend giving glucosamine to a pet that might need some help with their joints, it was very successful for my two

24. THE END 