As Dr. Kellon noted in a recent message, if you can shake and/or rinse the hay before each feeding do that and then dry it and resubmit it for testing: Re: Trying again....history is updated!! Need

Hi there A friends Mini gelding just recently tested with sky high Insulin after coming down with laminitis. We went ahead and took a hay analysis right away. We were very happy to see that the

Hi Jean, Good news on the weight loss. How are you bringing that about? As Merlin’s insulin is still high, I’m thinking his diet might need more attention. It can be elevated by cold

Nemo is actually recovering from his severe laminitis better than expected. By following the advice given here, we have blood flow in both feet. Still a long road ahead but progress with the hooves is

Merlin was trimmed and re xrayed today. I took photos of all 4 feet. Rads of both fronts. We had to nerve block RF today only. was sore without clog, but understandably so d/t not being trimmed from

Hi, Tracy. In brief: Prascend is only one formulation of pergolide that was effectively marketed to veterinarians as the only safe way to prescribe pergolide to horses. As Dr Kellon hinted, a big

So when I have 600 kg horses and hay has 1,94 Mcal/kg and I need 24 Mcal, it is 12,37 kg of hay. In UK calculated 13 kg and I dont know why. Moisture 10,2. One horse 590 and second 630 on diet so I

Where do you buy ashwagandha for horses? Is it a loose powder or do you feed human capsules? What dosage? -- Heidi Wright joined Aug 15, 2018 5130 State Route 38 Malta, IL

Hi, I found on Dairy one that average of trace minerals in beet pulp is calcium 1%, phosphorus 0,089%, magnesium 0,241%, IRON 652 ppm (mg is same?), 25 ppm of zinc, 8,5 copper and 64 ppm of manganese.

Thank you! I will look into them. I have an Epsom Salt poultice. Can I apply that to the hoof and cover with a sock and boot? I have also updated the case history and will upload it tonight. I

Tracy, Going off patent isn't likely to help for pergolide since it's banned for human use. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

Linda I feel your pain - and like you said - the joy is diminishing. I'm waiting on new lab results for Salsa (sent to Cornell last Friday) and suspect will need to go to 2 Prascend. Vet so far has

The cubes are only 10% beet pulp and we accommodate for that in the mineral balancing. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

I was able to find somewhere to get the Ontario Dehy timothy balance cubes! So even though this product also includes some beet pulp, it doesn't need to be rinsed? -- Helene A. in BC 2021 Photo

Hi Laura, Ideally you would separate the fat pony from her friends so she can only get a properly weighed amount of hay each day. That would mean splitting the current pasture so the younger pony and

Try Mix lab in New York. My horse gets 16 mg and it’s 135.84 per month on auto ship. Their customer service is excellent . https://www.mixlabrx.com/ Sharon Knoxville TN Please forgive any errors

Hi Cecile, If you're using Equioxx to help with pain from laminitis it's probably not doing anything other than possibly keeping abscesses from mobilizing since it's a NSAID. We would recommend

Thank you Dr K, and thanks for the reading list, Cass. We will have to check directly with the clinic about the handling. -- Maxine and Indy (PPID) and Dangles (PPID) Canberra, Australia 2010 ECIR

Hi Chloe I am not an expert but what you described was recommended to my by a trainer friend when he learned my mare had foundered. He said he has seen it done by old timers below the coronary from

Maxine, They only lists the types, or not, of anticoagulant. The fluoride tubes are used for glucose (although no better than EDTA plasma in horse blood). This has nothing to do with whether or not