Thanks LeeAnn for acknowledging & appreciating members’ efforts. We all understand very well the enormous contribution the moderators make to our community, and it’s good to be reminded that the

Propionate is converted to glucose in the liver but it does **not** increase blood glucose unless blood glucose is abnormally low.

I'm looking to see if the group has any information about the use of this VFA and its effect on horses with Insulin Resistance? I have read that feeding hay treated with this could be potentially

Looking for advice to hep one of my ponies with his loose stools. My vet said try a probiotic but the one she recommended did not seem safe for IR prone horses ... Any suggestions for a safe for IR

Hi Paule, Welcome to the group! I see that you filled out a case history on Lu and I have a few thoughts/observations. Also want to give you a rundown on the basics of our philosophy, called DDT/E,

The Heart of the Immune System is the GutBy ECIR Group - Equine Cushings and Insulin Resistance "The diet itself plays a major role in the health of the intestinal tract and the beneficial probiotic

Weird. When I copy/paste it to myself as a test - the one above - I get this. Case History <https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Laura%20and%20Pabatsa> Pabatsa's Photos

Hi Lorna, Laura and I are working on it. We haven't figured yet figured out why copy and pasting of the signature below isn't working. It isn't the best solution but for now here is her

Just want to give a link to the Analyses of Various Feeds folder in the files for those who may not be aware it is there. (Links to all folders can be found in the File Folder Map located in the

Hi Lavina - thanks for all your help. I've worked on her toes, the trimmer did not want to take any more off - but I did it anyways. She will be back in over 2 weeks and Elsa is quite sore on left

Hi Laura, The links in your signature are not clickable. LeeAnne sent you clickable links this morning,to exchange for the ones presently in your signature.You must have missed her message. Laura

He does need a boost to get going in this warm weather, and he is 19-years old. (Would the elevated ACTH have influence over exercise intolerance?) My vet didn't want to raise his Pergolide from 3.5

Sorry...too many balls in the air. Just re-read what I said. The TC 30 may be too high for very sensitive horses. Already spoke about the iron. And let me say again..... In the main, I support

No. I am saying members have tested TC products and found them to be sometime significantly higher in starch than listed on the web site averages. When they removed this they saw improvement. To

Hi Nancy, I would appreciate clarification... are you saying TC 30% is not approved by the ECIR Board/Dr. Kellon for IR horses at 1#? Thank you, Kathy Brinkerhoff SE/WI 10/12

I know you probably know this Kathy but for others following... All Triple Crown Feeds have fixed ingredient formulas, values reflect an average analysis of multiple feed samples. When queried, it

Hi Dr. Kellon and All, I was interested in your comment about Icelandics being difficult cases. Since i started feeding my IR gelding with the protocols of this group, Falki's insulin has continued

Flame has been on his goal dose of 2mg compounded pergolide for 4 weeks now. Which Cornell labs do I want to do? ACTH, glucose, insulin & thyroid panel (cut dose in half when pergolide was started &

Hi All, I called and spoke with Jessica at Triple Crown Feeds this morning. TC is currently in the process of updating their site. The 3% Protein for TC 30% was a typo and has been corrected to

Hi Paule, Dr. Kellon has addressed many of your questions so hope that information is helpful To be any more specific, we need to have a case history for your boy. If you have already filled one out