....."If a horse is diagnosed and being treated for PPID, do you still have to be extra careful regarding their access to pasture?"..... >>> you are talking about two different disease processes

Thank you for the advice. He has always been on a regular, rotating deworming schedule, so I would be surprised if this is the issue. i will try again to upload the full body picture showing his

Hi Found post that says to hold off on testing till treatment is done,post number is 192615 post is from Dr Kellon. So my question was kinda not even a good one,had that anwser back in march.Guess my

Well, I'm certainly no expert, and I'm still learning my guy's "cycle", but I try to get ahead of it or at least stay on top, it seems to take longer to play catch up, than to be right there when it

I'm sorry I should have given more information. Kathy Brinkerhoff has balanced Mac's diet. I will post asap. Mac was not fasted the day of the labs and it was around 70* outside. He was trailered

LJ, It is difficult to answer without assessing Jesse's coat in person and knowing the typical highs (temps) of his climate, his living conditions (night turnout? fan in stall? etc). Its perfectly

Hi Some where in the archives i have a post from Dr Kellon on waiting to test him till off doxy if i recall right. Think it will skew the test results, i'll see if i can fine that post. No i don't

Well, this is an interesting coincidence: i was just thinking of writing to ask this very question, whether you more experienced PPID'ers proactively choose to increase pergolide *before* the rise,

It is not hard to do the case history. I had immense trouble initially with the old form format and ended up just duplicating the questions & adding answers in a Word doc and adding it to my folder.

Hi Ferne, I've discovered through past year's testing and symptoms that mine start to rise by the first of June. I've already upped them both by 0.25mg and am waiting results of

>Anyway, normally I wouldn't write to offer my half-cocked ideas brimming with hubris but I know you are having so much difficulty getting Jasper well that I'm hoping my advice might catch the eye of

....."Should i re test jasper for ACTH now? he's currently being treated for lyme dease till july. Would taking him off doxy for a week before testing be a good idea? "..... >>> In general it is

I have not been able to add a case history. I can't fill out all of those forms nor get them in the group. But these are not false positive, he's been tested every six months for 2.5 years. I have

Hi Nancy The taking him off doxy would only be for a week before testing,then after testing, would start him back on doxy to finish the 4 month treatment. Reason to re test is to make sure his

I would like to try increasing Magic's pergolide from 2mg to 3mg before the seasonal rise--hopefully to avoid a possible Laminitis episode like we had last fall. I was thinking to increase the dose

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What breed is he? And does he have a heavy cushings coat? We full body clip our icey every spring and half body clip every fall... ndeewoods.com

Hi Corinne I may need to leave this to others to affirm but I would not take him off the doxy. He needs to complete his treatment. Testing now will show you where he is now. The Lyme could affect

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Hi ahorn Is there a case history on this horse? Woudl like to know who and when he was tested to avoid false positives. Tie of year, test used, conditions under which tests were taken can have an