>This may be a slight rant , I have been attempting to help a friend who has had trouble with her mare for over a year now, she is a 4 year old paint. her symptoms : cresty neck, fat pads, over

Hi Julie, Because you care so much and you know so much about IR, it's hard not to do something. Because it is not ethical or nice to whack a friend over the head, you might just ask her why not test

Hi All Good for your clients, Debra. Don't for get about the LINKS section. Several listings there with direct LINKS to websites. Lots of other good info

From Maggie's post this morning - a very popular source is http://www.pethealthpharmacy.com/ Lornain Ontario,Canada ECIR Moderator 2002 *See What Works in

I have always had luck with Thriving Pets and I understand they are one of the more consistent pharmacies when it comes to compounding. Cynthia Boriskin from CA Tucker 10/10 On Sunday, July

I have finally convinced the local vet to let us use an on line (cheaper) source for pergolide for my client horses. I looked in the files for a list of places to order from, but don't see a file for

Hey Kathleen !! nice to 'see' you too, I think of you here and there especially when I hear something about Branson MO. .. I will keep tying for the mares sake, I really think this gal loves the

Hi Julie - long time! Nice to see you, but not under these circumstances. The best way to induce IR in a non-IR animal is to feed high fat. This is done routinely in lab animals to study IR. You might

Hi Diane, Welcome to the list! You may have already read about it, but let me explain our philosophy a bit and then I will answer your question Our philosophy is called DDT/E. That stands for

OK I get it. Thank you Lars. So it would appear we have come full circle and that the main consideration left in what to choose is the cost factor. General recommendation from ECIR is 1000 lb horse

---In EquineCushings@..., <threecatfarm@...> wrote : > NRC lists natural at 1.36 more bioavailable. I did respond to this but my response seems to have been eaten up by Yahoo neo. Here it is again.

---In EquineCushings@..., <LLKeach@...> wrote : > What is the dosage for Natural Vit. E? I did not see it in thefiles in EC Horsekeeping. I am unable to do the conversion......1.36% moreavailable

---In EquineCushings@..., <threecatfarm@...> wrote : > If you use NRC bioavailability rates and to me it means natural is a little more than one-third more available, so to me the theory is that you

Hmm...well I will talk to owner and see if the next time she has the vet over or when she trailers this mare back to the clinic they will pull insulin/ leptin and glucose etc... the mare is also on

Hello helpful people, I finally got pony's latest hoof pics up, they are kinda of a mess, I am pretty sure what needs to be done, but am not confident enough to do it...I would like some mark ups

Hi Ellen, Like you, we have used the Morrison Roller Motion shoes from SoundHorse, with fill to the ground. We got great sole depth development in them. We use the glue-on with the cuffs. We like

>Glucose isn't generally high with insulin resistance,but not knowing the glucose doesn't help us. Meant to say not knowing *insulin* doesn't help us. D for proof reading. Lornain

My 20 yo Arab was recently diagnosed with the early stages of Cushing's. His ACTH, when tested at the beginning of July, was 38. Thankfully, he is not IR. I'm going to start giving him CTB and .5 mg

Long story short here,she needs to get insulin tested. The results will then direct therapy. Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Co-owner Feb 2001

Hi Julie, When you hear barking it's best to think dog first rather than werewolf. The fat pads, crest, overweight, tripping, hind end soreness are classic for subclinical laminitis. Was the high