|
To be
double sure we are answering your questions correctly, we need a little
more information. Please take a few minutes and join EC History 8:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/echistory8/info
Follow
the instructions to download a case history template; then fill it out,
save it to your computer, and upload it into the EC History 8 files section
(make a folder, first, with your name on it)
The
list philosophy is Diagnosis, Diet, Trim, and Exercise.
Diagnosis
is by blood tests: blood should be pulled from a non-fasting horse (or
pony) in a quiet barn; blood spun, separated, and frozen or chilled asap,
then sent to the lab at Cornell on ice. Ask for insulin, glucose,
leptin and ACTH (ACTH is to check for Cushings or PPID - please ask for it
if your horse is 9 years or older)
More information here:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/files/2%20%20Diagnosis%20Diet%20Trim/
and
here:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/files/Blood%20Testing%20for%20IR%20%26%20Cushings%20Disease/
Diet
is supremely important, in some ways more for what is not fed: no pasture,
sweet feeds, oats/grain, carrots, apples, iron-containing supplements.
Diet consists of grass hay or haylage, with ESC (soluble sugars) and
starch of less than 10%, plus minerals balanced to the forage, plus vitamin
E, salt, and flaxseed or flaxseed oil. One can use a carrier of beet
pulp (rinsed, soaked, and rinsed) as a safe feed to get the supplements in.
The Temporary Emergency Diet uses hay soaked for 1 hour in cold
water, or 30 minutes in hot water, with the water drained where the horses
can't get at it; plus vitamin E, salt, and ground flaxseed in a safe
carrier such as beet pulp (rinsed, soaked, rinsed). More info on
Temporary Emergency Diet here:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/files/%203%20%20CORE%20DIET%2C%20ANALYSIS%2C%20NUTRITIONAL%20NEEDS/Basic%20Nutritional%20Needs/
Trim:
This is a trim physiologically balanced to the internal shape of the
coffin bone, with short toe and low heels. Trim is often a neglected
or mis-understood piece of the puzzle.
Exercise: This is the best
EMS buster there is, but only if the pony/horse is comfortable and
non-laminitic. A horse that has suffered laminitis needs a good 6 to
9 months of correct hoof re-growth before any kind of serious exercise can
begin.
There
is also a ton of good information on the ecirhorse.org website.
Give
us a little more information; ask any and all questions.
Jaini (BVSc),Merlin,Maggie,Gypsy
BC09
ECIR mod/support
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ECHistory/files/Jaini%20Clougher%2C%20Smithers%20BC/
|
