I am also confused as to what “pure aloe vera, not like a drink” means. I have purchased the aloe leaves at the health food store, and offered the horses some of the scraped gel, and they said

Hi Gail I am not aware of differences. It is standing hay. At a minimum, I would clip some and have it tested. -- Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 ECIR Group Inc. President/Treasurer 2021-2022

Gail, I don't know the answer to this because in the process of being stressed by dying those annual weeds may produce high sugar levels. For example, weeds treated with herbicides produce huge

Cliff Notes version: Leptin is normally the hormone that shuts off appetite. However, when levels are elevated for a prolonged period, as they are in overweight horses, leptin resistance develops.

You can increase the Prascend through the rise but I wouldn't increase the Invokana. Alcar dose is fine. Good to increase his exercise but make sure he has free choice hay and as much soy hull/beet

Can someone direct me to information on hormones released by adipose tissue in IR and PPID? The kind that increase appetite? -- Bonnie and Lad North Ontario Dec 2008 Case History:

I just want to mention here that brown fat or brown-like (brite) fat has not been identified in horses. There are so many differences between humans/mice and horses in metabolism, diet, digestive

Hi Cass, I will try doing screenshots so I have them saved for future reference for myself too. Vet also sent report with all hoof measurements. From what she said when taking rads, things could be

Is there a difference between dried grasses that are dead annuals and dried grasses that are perennials (pasture grass). I would love to be able to assign my horses to cleaning up the dry, spent

Good job, Kim. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001 The first step to wisdom is "I don't know."

Nice to see you back here, Barbara, I don't have hard numbers for you but the grasses need to rely on store carbohydrates overnight so levels will continue to drop over each hour of darkness. In late

Lesley, It's not that simple. Some times of day, growth stages and environmental conditions may be safe but we have no foolproof way of identifying them on a day to day basis. Research has shown that

Not exactly. Equines who have uncontrolled insulin (hyperinsulinemia) should not have grass. Even dormant grass. -- Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 ECIR Group Inc. President/Treasurer 2021-2022

Nancy, What you are saying is that pasture, no matter what time of day or year or temperature is not safe for a horse who has had laminitis, ever. Get Outlook for Android

Dormant grass still holds sugar in the roots. Also held in any standing "dead" grass. I make sure standing grass is not left in the fall. When there is a foot or more of snow on the ground, I let my

Ronelle Pure Aloe Vera not like a drink -- Bobbie and Maggie Desi (over the rainbow bridge 7/21) Utah, Nov 2018 ECIR Group Primary Response

No Ronelle not gel, see this thread. -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34427371/, Bobbie and Maggie Desi (over the rainbow bridge 7/21) Utah, Nov 2018 ECIR Group Primary Response

As I pick back over Sunday's supplements, I have come across a thread which says not to feed turmeric to IR horses. I am wondering if you feel this will be true with curcumin as well. I feed Sunday a

Hi, Karen. HTML format is used for web pages viewed by any browser. I’m happy to take a look if you’ll email me one (or the link provided by the vet clinic) at c bernstein a T earth link d.o T n

Bobby Day- When you say "straight aloe" do you mean aloe gel? -- Ronelle and Yoyo 2015 Bend, Or, US