Good Morning, I have an unusual one for you. My 22 year old Canadian is in acute laminitis. He has been on stall rest for 3 weeks today. He is IR and PPID. He has been stable following ECIR recommenda

I'm a new member (case history not completed yet). My 16 yr old mare was diagnosed with laminitis just over 2 weeks ago (xray confirmed). The vet has had me keep her on stall rest 24/7. He said her ca

previouly posted,no response unless i missed it. my local vet ( she left me a voice mail ). spoke to ?? if this is the correct name , dr. barbs, at cornell, who reports they use RIA as their calculato

10/12/19 In an email post from 2012, Dr Kellor indicates the time to draw blood for insulin testing is four hours after starting a feeding that is six hours or more after the prior feeding. She also s

Ann Oct 8 My friend has an IR Cushing's horse that is around 30 and dropping weight rapidly. He is a big boned 16.3h bashkir curly and quarter horse cross that has always been an easy keeper. He is ke

Princess, my 12 year old Kentucky Mtn Saddle Horse, was down in the pasture when I got home Wednesday evening. Vet came out that night, we cold hosed her hind hooves (both had strong digital pulses, f

I have a podcast interview set up with Dr. Andrew Van Eps at the end of this month on the topic of laminitis/founder. I saw him give a handful of lectures on the subject two weeks ago and was impresse

Ppid horses have trouble regulating hot and cold temperatures. If acth is well controlled, do they regulate better than a ppid horse with poorly controlled acth? Regulate as well as a normal horse if

Hi everyone, I purchased McGregor in a 2 yo auction here in Chile and unfortunately 2 weeks after he arrived to his new stable he suffered laminitis. One week in the racing track’s hospital and went b

-- Hi all. I adopted two 25 yr old mini geldings from a rescue in TN in May. The rescue thought that the one mini Thor might have cushings but never tested him. 6 weeks in my home and he started layin

Hi all, Plutón has began his Prascend treatment at .25 mg per day, 6 days ago and is suffering the veil, less eating and drinking and looking a bit sad. Could you please tell me the protocol for admin

Hello - I uploaded a new hay analysis report in my case history - but I am still not sure how to read if it can safely be fed without soaking or not. Could someone please tell me what their thoughts a

i purchased 20 bales of orchard grass hay from a grower in my area. I was informed it had some wheat hay in it but visibly not much. I wasn’t concerned because I fed wheat grass hay before but this or

I am hoping Lavinia or someone can comment/make suggestions. Farrier was out on Monday and plans to stop tomorrow. We are kind of not seeing the changes we are looking for on his front feet from the r

I will be placing an order for Stabul1 feed this week through my local Tractor Supply store in Salem, OH 44460 (Northeastern OH). I need to purchase a minimum of 20 bags, unless they are wanting to or

Hi! I hope I'm getting everything uploaded right--as a PHCP trimmer I refer folks to ECIR constantly and am just now getting on here seriously myself, though I have lurked previously. My 31 year old M

Perhaps an odd question, as right on label it says "two scoops", but since the fifty pound bag came with no scoop - what size scoop should I be using? I had to pour it out of the large paper bag and i

My 16 yr old mare was diagnosed with Laminitis 2 weeks ago. I'm told it is a mild case but I'm new to this. What Jiaogulan Supplement products have you tried or do you like and feel work? I found one

Hi, I have balanced my hay based on the NRC Course. I'm looking for sources to purchase Phosphorus, Copper, Zinc, Iodine. I would also like to know amount of Methionine and Biotin horses should have.

Hello all - Just back from vacay and have results back from my hay testing. My apologies if I missed this - how can I get help figuring out balancing my hay? Thought I saw something about Uckele doing