My vet said that younger horses can indeed get it and that there is beginning to look like a genetic disposition to it. Still in the early stages of documenting this. From what I can gather it seems

Hi all, While Cushings is NOT the issue of the article, the article has some very interesting and I believe important implications for managing our Cushinoid horses -- and also ties right into the

Just an update on one of my mules, I predicted she would have her annual case of hives from the "mystery bug" that bites her every spring. Well, I am was off a tad, not sure why, but it looks like

Forwarded from egroups/onelist... family of press and commitment offer date on the

Hi Barbara, I'd tend to agree with Carla -- and YOUR gut instincts. I'm sure I've run across an article with diagnosed Cushings as young as 8 years old, although that is quite unusual. Late teens

Barbara: I have read where horses can get Cushings at an early age. Its considered unusual but is possible. There's some research going on (somewhere?) investigating a possible connection between

Makyla, You've given me some interesting things to think about. The only change I've made in the last 2 months is that at the beginning of May I switched from Grand Flex to Sprintime's J Flex

Hi Barbara - I can't speak to the question about how young Cushings has been diagnosed in a horse, but wanted to give you some feedback about my horse's experience with supplements and 'offness'.

Has anyone had experience with Cushing's syndrome in a teenage horse? My gelding, Majestad, (Amiga's son) is 12 and we're beginning to think he may also have Cushings. Since he's an Andalusian I've

Karen & List - I apologize for forwarding your whole article. I was unaware (not thinking!) of the copyright issue. I have been so glad to have your information available since my horse was first

Hi Makyla and all, I've been lurking on the list recently in hopes of getting some background on how owners are coping with Cushings'; as you correctly mentioned, I'm planning to do a piece for

Karen, Thank you very much for your well written post. I must admit I was estatic to see the article posted, because I had been intending to try to search for something very much like it and then to

The Horse Interactive -- Features, Feb. 1997: Cushings DiseaseHello everyone - Here's a great article on Cushing's that explains some of our recent comments - how cypro and pergolide works and about

Chris — I believe your explanation on how Pergo and Cypro work to be correct. Cypro is more of an antihistimine, while Pergo is a seratonin antagonist. BET Labs actually faxed me some very

Hi All, as explained to me by two vets and substantiated by info found at Cushings sites on the web there is a distinct difference in how Cypro and Permax work. One treats the symptoms that develop as

Robin - I believe that pergolide and cypro go at the same issue from different ways, so it may be useful to use both. My first vet had even mentioned this possibility, but wanted to try him on

Robin wrote: ------------- This used be correct in humans , BUT: only 20 years ago most actual prostate CANCER used to be found only on autopsy as it used to be such a SLOW growing malignancy that

All I know is that Kay is exactly right, the majority of meds are effective well after expiration dates... and I've heard that generally if a pill looks the same color it always did, isn't

the better.> I agree totally and am VERY happy to have everyones input, and to see that we have new members: Welcome all!! stopped My vets have indicated that Pergolide generally works better and

SNIP> many suspect it's not really a tumor <SNIP I'd be curious to know what basis there is to this statement... Cushings has been repeatedly shown to be a tumor on autopsy post death... and there