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Cattle (and horses) become quite lame (or rather, cannot stand normally on their four feet and tend to limp when they walk), and get inflammation, and pain in their afflicted hooves. Founder is a layman's term for Laminitis. Laminitis or founder is essentially the separation of the laminae from the hoof wall causing severe pain in the animal. Cattle tend to get it most when they're on a "hot diet" or high-grain diet. Feed-tested bulls, feedlot cattle and dairy cows are more likely to get founder than any other cows. Cattle on pasture never get founder.

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