Does anyone have experience with this product for an IR horse or otherwise? The b.o.'s are recommending it as flies are bad. I am advocating the use of a fly mask, but they also want to see if this

Hi Mandy, Thanks for the suggestion about the Soybean Pellets. Never heard of it...that's why this group is so full of great info. I called the Culpeper Coop this morning to see if they knew of a

I did not make any other changes. Migo was extremely gassy before I started using Equiotic. He could not go more than ten minutes without farting (sorry to be indelicate!) when stressed he would fart

This "shock" reaction is fairly well described with IV oxytet in horses. Some say it is anaphylactic/allergic but there may be other factors like dehydration and low blood calcium (which he had on his

Hi Ali - It's great to read that Oreo is doing so well under you care. Was there anything we can do for you? I didn't see any particular questions of us. For additional info about IR and PPID, you

So glad he made it! Carol and Rossi in Maryland 2003

Hey all, Corinne sent an email saying her computer at home doesn't do the Yahoo group very well and her cell phone died. She will respond when she gets a new phone. -LeeAnne, 03/04 Newmarket,

Hi Tracy, Looks like Equiotic may be a decent product but, as you say, pricey ($64 per 30 packets). It only contains 20 billion CFU's per packet so would need to use 1.5 packets per dose to achieve

> It is somewhat pricey, but I have found it to far out perform anything else I have tried. Hi Tracy, Can you tell us what this means? What did you see ? And had you made any other changes

Just want to add my signature and my photo link - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/photos/albums/2122313282 Ali Oregon March 2014

Hi Ellen/Corinne, Also meant to mention that at some point in the oxy-tet administration you may get a Herxheimer reaction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herxheimer_reaction It may make it seem that

I used Thrivingpets.com and it was about $20 cheaper than the vet. Ali Oregon 5/6/14

I use Equiotic. It is a probiotic made for horses FROM horses. It has been on the market for about a year and a half. My vet toured the manufacturing facilities in Lexington, Kentucky. It is somewhat

Hi Ellen, You can use any brand as long as it has enough of the CFU's in it and guarantees that they are viable until the expiration date on the package. I've used the GNC brand

Hello everyone, my name is Ali and I have two horses, one with Cushings. I was referred to this forum after commenting on a post in the Oregon Horse Forum on facebook so here I am! I got Oreo in

"Probiotics and Ration Plus should be administered 2 hours AFTER each dose of doxy (otherwise the doxy kills the probiotics). Probiotic should have minimum 25 billion CFU's organisms per dose." What

Big thanks for this LeeAnne. Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 Learn the facts about IR, PPID, equine nutrition, exercise and the foot. www.ECIRhorse.org Check out the FACTS on

Hi Corrine. One of our senior embers, Lavinia is well experienced in the Lyme - Oxytet administration. She's having email issues but has sent me her thoughts for you based on her experiences with

Hi Corinne, Here is the link to your case history: http://tinyurl.com/ly42zgu Not sure what happened with your other link. Just in case you or anyone else needs this but there is a document in the

We treated two horses for lyme with 30 days IV oxytet and recital metronidazole, switching from doxy after reading the Cornell research by Drs Chang, Divers, et al, with no ill effects and some