Hi Gayle, I'm writing from Baxter, TN (Putnam County). Check out the Local Sales Network (kind of like Craigs List, only it's a local site covering counties in eastern middle TN). I just checked

I may be completely out of line in making these comments but based on what Dr. Kellon said about my donkey's ACTH which was also 50 pg/mL and done on about the same date as yours, that is not an

Have you seen any studies that tracked insulin in PPID horses? I am feeling a bit on the fence, actually, about treating Rocky. Since his insulin improved nicely with just the diet I really wonder

Dear Dr. Kellon and Everyone, In my quest to understand IR and Cushings better I have attempted to calculate Busy's Glucose Insulin Ratio and have arrived at 4.26. I am not sure if I have done it

The fact that the Benadryl would cause the hives to go down but that they would re-appear overnight suggests to me that the cause of the allergic reaction had not been dealt with, so I think you were

Hello George, I used 300mg twice a day for 5 days and it didn't stop the hives. They would fade away (mostly) during the day but reappear overnight. Lad will vacuum up pills in soaked ODTB cubes so

Gayle, I al most didn't respond to you because when I mapquested the disance from your place to this hay, it said 10 1/2 hours--one way.  But then I saw that you said you had called "all over the

Hi Gayle, Good news on Sabrina, I know you've worked hard to get her sound. Good grief, what a horrible thing for your hay man. If the year old hay tests well, and looks good, I wouldn't hesitate to

Hi Kim - S/s can be too low if the horse is working, but there are feeding strategies that you can follow to help with that. The fiber content is pretty high, so it might not be the ynmmiest hay as

Hay gurus, I'm looking at a 2nd cutting OG hay tonight that has a an esc+starch of 3.8 %, protein at 10.8%, ADF/NDF 42/64, DE .79. All of the major and trace minerals seem fairly easy to balance,

Hi. Haven't posted in a while. Sabrina is doing extremely well. Maybe 95% sound!! Thank you everyone for your help. We've been having a horrible time finding good hay this year. Our supplier of

Hi Pat, I'm sure others will chime in, but here's my 2¢ worth: 1- There is no direct correlation between ACTH & Insulin levels in the sense that you could say "if ACTH rises 10 pg/mL the Insulin

Hi Bonnie, just out of curiosity, how much Benadryl were you giving him and how many times per day? I found that 150mg every 12 hours at first and then every day worked well for Wind who is 875#. I

My vet's colleague made the 2 1/2 hour trip here today, regarding Lad's hives. The original treatment with benadryl had been a failure. He had done some consulting with other vets and they agreed on

I apologize in advance for the length of this! Callie - my 15 yo Paso gelding was first "officialy" diagnosed as IR in 2009. Since joining this group and taking Dr. Kellon's NRC Plus course and the

I also submitted probably the same question. Why is the price so high? Ferne Fedeli No. California 4/2010

I don't know what the package insert says, but this is info that was submitted to the FDA. No doubt about it. Foot pain was an issue in the

This is very upsetting that it is even on the package insert. The vet did take a nasal swab and said she would refrigerate it and if there was no improvement by Monday, she would send it to the lab.

Diane, You are fortunate to have a vet who at least has some interest in PPID/IR and some willingness to look at any studies you can shoot her way. I don't have the links to any long-term studies on

Your vet should already know about it. The laminitis information is right on the package insert. They tried to blame it on the diet or even neck pain from injection site reactions but lameness,