Ok, thanks Dr Kellon. I won't worry about the urea because all the other parts were normal from that bloodtest. Have started the 855 pony on 1/4mg for 4 days etc, and also increasing Ziggy to 1.5mg by

Hi Eva, Thank you for your information, this is the first I'd heard of Serum Amyloid A. I have been staying up researching it so that I can talk with my vet intelligently. What you wrote is very

Hello Groupies, I have been off line for a long while , I was wanting to post some pics of Ponys feet for advice /, reproof / encouragement.. or whatever on how things are looking, we did get

Hi Laura, Our Mel, 33yo Cushings/IR pony had an extremely high SerumAmyloid A due to respiratory infection after a prolonged choke episode. Historically his WBC (& RBC) were low likely due

Just a note that the next course starts soon. www.drkellon.com www.drkellon.com The purpose of this course is to describe the difference between obesity, insulin resistance

The most likely reason for low BUN is low protein intake. Even normal lab error could give that small a change. Only severe liver failure will lower BUN and you would have other obvious

The 855 just confirms he is a PPID horse. Agree it's time to start treatment. Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Co-owner Feb 2001

That file format opens as nonsense characters. Try adding it to your case history. Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Co-owner Feb 2001

Not surprising it would be elevated with a fever. You need to concentrate on what caused the fever, same as with any other horse. It's not necessarily related to PPID/IR. Eleanor in

Sounds good to me! Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com www.drkellon.com Welcome to drkellon.com Nutritional requirements for the horse is a vastly overlooked field.

Hi Edie, I sure do know what a relief it is to not have to soak hay anymore! Here's an example of the smhn's I referred to: http://www.chicksaddlery.com/page/CDS/PROD/SF1025 They have 2" openings.

Dr. Kellon and everyone, I have gradually adjusted Stormy's pergolide dose to 12 mgs am and 12 mgs pm. (She WAS getting 45 mgs once a day.) I have had her on the 12 mgs 2x a day for a week now, and

Hi Carol, My personal experience with my own horses and tested hay/diarrhea: even though the S/S numbers were safe and minerals balanced I have one mare that gets diarrhea when the protein goes over

Oh one more thing I forgot. Ziggy's had a full work up on his blood also. His urea was 0.4 below what it should have been. So we are re-testing in a month to see if his liver is ok. Any

Hi Mandi/Lavinia/group. I just had my bloodtest results back this morn and they are really shocking. I will put them in my case history in a sec but just needed some help getting my head round

My vet phoned me tonight to say that Pabatsa has an elevated Serum Amyloid A. He spiked a fever on Monday. Since this is a response to inflammatory and infection, could it in any way be connected to

Thank you so much! What a relief to not have to soak the hay anymore! And thanks for the compliment on her looks- she is as sweet as she is beautiful too! She seems to being doing well on the

Hi, Beverly - Pergolide is dosed to response, not by the body weight of the horse or pony. I absolutely feel that 1 mg is a minimum; there are many small ponies and minis on this list that require 2

Hi Jaini, Ginger is 450 pounds. ACTH was 20 in June on .25. Do you still feel 1 mg is a minimum? I doubled her Evitex starting today. Forgot to put that in her update, so that may change things

Addendum to first msg. - bloating observed with CO orchard AND NOT Oregon orchard even though both have caused diarrhea. In the title, I think I should have wrote, " can preservatives in hay cause