<lejardindesign@...> wrote: G:I ratio 3.14, uncompensated IR. Cold weather can also influence though. Eleanor

My horse was tested end of January for ACTH and Insulin/gulose ratio. His ACTH was well within normal. In the last 4 years he has never tested positive for Cushings although has had some of the

wrote: The only thing on here that suggests liver is the GGT enzyme. Other liver function tests (e.g. bilirubin, AST) are normal. GGT is a very sensitive enzyme. Even slight mold contamination of hay

EPSM horses are typically very insulin SENSITIVE, low insulin levels. I do get a fair number every year that become IR on the high fat diets though. There's a good bit of controversy over EPSM

<horsies4luv@...> wrote: still You would have to titrate according to the clinical signs that led you to put the horse on it in the first place. If there was poor IR control despite a maximized diet,

I been lurking for the past few years as my gelding has been stable. I was sure I posted his file(name Tal el current age 21), but I can't find it. His current problem is probable liver failure and my

I think I posted this before. I get my catheter tip syringes here: http://www.shopmedvet.com/product/4790/90 A box of 25 for $9.99.... the best price I have found..... Claire from AZ

Hi I am new to the group as my pony (Rocket 19yrs old) was just, visually, diagnosed with Cushings by our vet. I have been reading all of the emails that have come my way and am swimming in the

I found the best and most long lasting ones are Basik - thinner rubber ring. Google and buy from the cheapest place, then take the catheter tip off. I haven't found them in horse catalogs, but got

Hi Eleanor, So if the ACTH isn't elevated in the spring and summer, but it's still early Cushings, AND you chose to keep your horse on pergolide, how would you know how to determine the dosage? Joan

Another option is to cut the tip off the syringe (if you haven't done so already) and screw a knife around the resulting hole to make it bigger. Carol and Blue in Maine

I had the same problem with the syringe clogging. My solution was to grind the zinc and copper with a mortar and pestle to make it finer. Other suggestions on this list have been to cut the tip of

Hi Angie, Welcome to the group. This list deals with primarily two different things and everything associated with them. 1. Cushings is a benign pituitary adenoma. It is treated through medications.

On the syringing end, you need a very wide mouthed syringe, like an old dewormer syringe. Try spraying the plunger and the barrel with some cooking spray, mix you minerals up in both water a little

I think we need to remember that genes turn on and off all the time. A familiar example is inflammation. Under normal conditions, inflammatory pathways are turned off. When inflammation is triggered,

Yes, muscle weakness will contribute, parasites definitely (and a Cushing's horse has poor resistance to parasites), also poor fiber fermentation. There are a host of equine probiotics available,

of Either a) reduce the amount of copper and zinc. Add just a pinch of your complete mineral mix (not one at a time) to your media (beet pulp, cubes, whatever) and slowly increase it to the full dose

--- In EquineCushings@..., "Carol" <carol.l.broyles@...> wrote: What I meant was that I > would like to see a study on whether sulfa drugs cause an insulin > spike. We'd all like to

be Cushing's can't be controlled by diet alone. Eleanor

Hi- I overloaded my horses on iron for years. I did see some of the symptoms listed in the recent re-post, in my IR mare, who was not IR until she was injured and laid up, and the injury was a