Dr. Kellon -- For now, let me just say how grateful I am to you for taking the time to review Charlie's history and offer all these suggestions -- especially since his condition may not even be

I just got insulin level back on my pony, after being high since last fall, it is now at 40.89 with no grass and exercise 5 days a week/trail riding 5-6 miles per day. I’ve let my pasture grow

Deb, I emailed them at rx@..... Vinnie is on 6.6mg.(no conversion needed on mine). I will share the response. Thanks Nancy -- Nancy and Vinnie and Summer Oakley, Ca Joined Nov

Karen, I’m far from an expert on rasps. If you search Messages for something like “good rasp” you can review opinions. I use a Heller rasp, the Excel. Next I’ll try the Heller rasp for hard

Thank you! I did read the report and that makes sense. -- -Alicia Harlov in South Hamilton, MA PHCP hoofcare provider, The Humble Hoof podcast

Would be interested if someone gets an answer regarding higher dosages. Scotty's bottle says 6.2mg which is supposed to equal 5 mg Prascend. -- Deb and Scotty I/R, PPID Pecatonica Illinois, May 13,

If you have tape and paper clips, or anything else metal like nails, you can tape them to the coronary band and tip of the frog. Shouldn't cost you anything! -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC

I've wondered about if or when I should be do repeat x-rays. Doesn't ECIR recommend doing the with identifiable landmarks? Not sure our current vet would do them that way. Set of x-rays he did,

Thank you. -- Terri Jennings with Mr. Beefy, Finn, Elliott and Teeny (over the rainbow) Arcata,

You can send your hay to Dairy One (same as Equi Analytical) for wet chem ESC + starch. https://dairyone.com/services/forage-laboratory-services/international-sample-submittal/ . You want profile 10

Apollo's doing very well despite our vet not being receptive to using metformin. No heat or elevated pulses but was foot sore and especially stiff in mornings although improved once got moving.

Just a suggestion but if you bevel his walls out of weightbearing you won't need a special pad of any type - just experiment to find the consistency he likes best. Repeat films, at least laterals,

Alicia, Do you mean on the palmar aspect? That is the soft tissue calcifications I was referring to and the original examining vet noticed in 2016. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

That report brought tears to my eyes. The bullnose right front is chronic but I'm sure if the other hoof changes were present then she would have noted it. The other changes I noted on RF are chronic

Hi Kristen, Agree with subclinical laminitis. I suspect Apollo suffered from it for years due to undiagnosed IR. Early PPID last fall tripped him over the edge and he became acutely laminitic. His

Thank you so much for your concern, Dr. Kellon and all. I just posted the 2016 exam report conducted by an independent vet when Charlie first came off the track. I also posted to my case history file

Sorry- by calcification I meant on P1/P2, unlike any "high ringbone" I've personally seen.. I assumed the artifacts in the hoof were dirt, other than the defect on the dorsal aspect of P3. I wonder

Kathryn Papp, DVM 1008 Piketown Rd. Harrisburg, PA 17112 Phone: 802-238-0094 - kpapp@... – Fax: 717-307-3304 Post-Racing/Newly Adopted OTTB Exam Report for Marcy Dalton Charlie’s Quest

Here's the article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7552276/ -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

The reported dose for a full size horse is 2.5 grams in the evening meal. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001