If you're talking about horses, "founder" will mean to stumble or go lame, but that is a usage reserved to refer specifically to horses.
Actually, no. Founder is the common name for laminitis, a specific and serious condition in horses where a systemic shock triggers a raised temperature in the hooves (or less commonly in a single hoof), causing tissue damage. The condition can lead to death, or with enough time the horse can recover, but will retain tell-tale scar tissue on the hoof for a year or more past the end of the illness itself.
The term would not be used for stumbling, or for any lameness other than that related directly to laminitis.
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4/5/09 23:10 (UTC)Actually, no. Founder is the common name for laminitis, a specific and serious condition in horses where a systemic shock triggers a raised temperature in the hooves (or less commonly in a single hoof), causing tissue damage. The condition can lead to death, or with enough time the horse can recover, but will retain tell-tale scar tissue on the hoof for a year or more past the end of the illness itself.
The term would not be used for stumbling, or for any lameness other than that related directly to laminitis.
more here (http://spiletta.com/UTHOF/hippology/ill.html)