It's not that the PPID is seasonal - just exaggerated in the fall. If you want to know if your horse tests normal at other times of the year you will have to stop the pergolide and retest in 3 to 4

The wild turkeys and deer are busy eating the acorns and I rake them up twice a day to donate to local groups that rehabilitate wildlife and re-plant oak trees after the fires. But there are still

Those are different types of assays so I don't know the answer to your question. Also not sure if that assay has been validated for equine. It won't be affected by biotin though. -- Eleanor in PA

hi y'all, Vet was out this morning to draw blood for Babe's first recheck- he's been on a half tab of Prascend for several weeks now. I told her about the AFP and I think she took a picture of the

What about a Tosoh 360 AIA, test methodology is Fluorescence Enzyme Immunoassay. Is that a type of CIA? And if so if I'm understanding right are insulin results on that reliable as long as they are

Unfortunately, misinformation isn't hard to find - especially (but not exclusively) on "alternative" sites. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

This is all interesting. Salsa has been on Prascend now for a year. I have pix of him darn close to one year to the date in my photo link below. He looks better this year in September - but I think

I asked Dr. Barbara Schanbacher from Cornell about sample type interference in assays and her reply is below: "The assay used for this paper was the Immulite 1000 chemiluminescent insulin assay. This

I have added updated photos of Abraham's front hooves to my photo album for mark ups please. The green & pink on the hooves is from thrush treatment. He is still a bit tender on the left front hoof. I

When I had domestic turkeys, I would have taken your leftovers. They live acorns. And have incredible personalities. -- Gail Russell 8/30/2008

Dr K yes exactly! Sometimes when I hear these crazy things and still feel less than 100% confident I need to be reassured. Glad to know my logical mind is functioning!! Also disappointing that

Oh! the acorns are fallin' on me head I feel my face is gettin' red Spending hours every day Pickin' up the little buggers Buckets an' buckets o' the little buggers Horses all penned up Beggin me to

HI Angie! Would like to just expand on this topic since I had JUST asked Dr. K this last week. I live in central Florida and my farm has LOTS of live oak trees and water oaks. Too many to count

My husband's (non-horseman) opinion is that Shaku "looks like a horse now"! That's a pretty good testament to how the changes we've made have benefited Shaku. -- Kirsten and Shaku (IR) -

I'll just add that as long as she is eating at least 1.5% of her body weight in hay, I would not worry about the supressed appetite just yet. If it's due to the pergolide, it will pass on its own

Renee, APF is Advanced Protection Formula, created by Auburn Labs: https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/files/APF/APF%20Sources.pdf It is useful when starting a horse on pergolide, or increasing the dose, if

Aunna, CLIA is an immunoassay just like RIA but with a different indicator (light emission vs radioactivity). CLIA is reported to give lower results than RIA https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28124389/

-- I don't know what APF is must of missed it on this page there alot going.on ....on this site apologies hard to navigate till one gets used to it esp with a phone I have no computer at home ....i

-- yes i have changes her diet she is too sore to exercise i figured it was not a miracle drug i has a hirae on it for years from an old school vet and before much was known i decided to take him off

Eva, On the iron claim - pure nonsense. Science fiction. Organic iron is simply iron delivered in an organic framework, like hemoglobin or iron gluconate. It's absorbed by different mechanisms so