How much does protein contribute to weight gain? My hay choices are an eastern grass with DE of .80, and combined sugar/starch of 5.4 and the protein is 14%, the other hay is a local with a DE of

I was just going to post a question of Linda when I saw your repost of the original message. In the abstract, they don't define "fasting", that I can see. Was wondering what the fasting time for the

There is a seasonal effect, but the fasting increase in ACTH is real: Influence of feeding status, time of ... [Domest Anim Endocrinol. 2014] - PubMed - NCBI Influence of

I wonder how much the beginning of seasonal rise could have to do with the differences. Does fasting really affect ACTH,unless maybe there is related stress? (sticking my neck out here) Lornain

Hi Karen - There are many other things going on as well, besides hair growth, including mobilization of fat as cold protection. But basically, yes, plays a big role in preparing the horse for

To answer your fasting question, he had 2½ hours of pasture between 7 AM and 9:30 AM and a grass hay lunch from 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM. Blood was collected at 4:30 PM. Mocha wasprobably in a

Hey Randy, will you send some samples to TSC so I can see if my picky eater horse will like the new flavor. I have just started on the Stabul 1 pellets and my guy loves the current flavor. He seems

Oh Jackie...I’m so sorry. It sounds like Prince was a greatlittle horse and you were lucky to have each other. May your heart heal withtime. WithDeepest Sympathy, Cindy (withAlf's Entourage) in

hello, its been a long time since I posted anything. I got a new computer and it will let me post things. not sure what was wrong with the old ones.. I just posted some photos of princess hoof. she

Here is some interesting date. Five horses tested 5/9/2014 NOT fasted: Horse 1 ACTH 19.5 Horse 2 ACTH 23.1 Horse 3 ACTH 26.9 Horse 4 ACTH 22.0 Horse 5 ACTH 25.9 Same five

My Farewell to Prince We said good bye to my gallant, Prince charming lastnight. His GI tract stopped workingon Wednesday and despite all Dr. Timmons’ efforts, he couldn’t get it

Hi Linda - You partially answered a question of mine in your answer here - the reason for the seasonal ACTH rise. I wondered if it had to do with ramping up hair production for the winter - is

Linda, Thank you for your detailed response to Mocha's case history. Next on my agenda is to get the hay tested. I will also see what I can do to get him some more excercise. In my CH file I

Stabul 1 is now available in a Fenugreek flavoring, we will also continue to make the Banana flavor. You can change between flavors without having to worry about any change in the fundamental formula.

Dear Megan, I'm so sorry to hear this. When we talked a couple of months ago and you shared your story, I felt as though what I was dealing with was a walk in the park. And it sounded then as though

Can I first say "I HATE NEO!" got my whole message typed, hit the ctrl v to copy the case history link and the message disappeared. ARRRGGGHHHH I feel like Charlie Brown and Lucy is holding the

Hi Marion, Welcome to the list. We have a pretty big learning curve and we aregoing to suggest things for you to do that are new. Don’t panic orfear! We’ve been here for years and the protocol

Hi Dawn - Let me introduce to you our four point concept of Diagnosis, Diet, Trim and Exercise = DDT/E. We've already gone over trim - which seems to be right on target! Diagnosis - your labs

Here's the link to the photo album, although neo has been eating the links... Yahoo! Groups Yahoo! Groups Sorry, an error occurred while loading the content.

Thank you for taking a look, Linda. I wasn't sure how many photos to post for you. I just uploaded the photos of the front left hoof. I expect to see the trimmer next week and will pass on any