I’ve read that ADF and NDF in hay shouldn’t be higher than 40% or the hay can be hard to digest. Is that a combined total? Or is it of each? Probably a dumb question since it all has to add up to 100%

I will be getting her diet balanced but in the meantime is this a safe hay to feed unsoaked to Luna? Should I still be feeding her the emergency diet? Is it good hay? Or should I continue giving her T

Good Morning! I need help! Charger and I live in Golden, Colorado. He is 28+ years best estimate from vet and I have had him for 4 years. He has never had any health issues during the 4 years that. I

My 17 yrs old Shetland has laminitis for the first time, I started him on the emergency diet until Igot my hay analysis done. My hay back with 7.86 ESC ,10.53 WSC and 3.39 starch. So I have been soaki

Charlie gets every dag starting 26-02-2023 1/4 pracent to start with because of high levels Insuline and bloodtest 0.1 above the top level this season. to help her ?. The bloodtest Insuline now is goi

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Dear ECIR Group Members ~ I am beyond happy to announce that the ECIR Group will open the new ecirhorse Case History site to all ECIR Group Members, this Wednesday, March 1, 2023. This chapter has bee

Hi! Can horses/ponies get cold indused pain i hoofs in only -1 Celsius? And can Jiaogulan interfere with the effect of Pracsend? -- GHK Norway https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=273158

Hello, Thank you for adding me. I am a new member and my situation is that I had bloodwork done recently and I am confused by the response my vet has provided. I believe that my mare is at risk for la

Dutch had an eppisode of hives that lasted several days after his last dose of Quest. I'm not going to try it again for fear of another reaction. What is the best spring deworming protocol for IR and

Since I keep reading that those with IR horses, (the horse having been initially tested by a vet), should continue to monitor their horses' insulin levels, I was wondering, is there a way to test for

Prior to my mare Prize's IR diagnosis, we had purchased a property planning to live there and have a small summer pasture for our horses in SW Colorado. About 2 acres could be planted with grass and a

My Haflinger mare with controlled Cushings and normal insulin 22 and glucose 79 has always been on first cutting. Owners tested their hay from Dairy one to find out first cutting of NSC was 13.76 and

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I am currently going thru another bout of laminitis with Flyte. To recap, his January labs showed a triglyceride level of 5.4 mmol. In October it was 2.6. His liver enzymes in Jan. were GGT 208 u/l, A

Any precautions on sedation for a horse with high insulin? I started metformin again on 3/13, dental work is scheduled for 4/15. I have a blood draw scheduled for 4/7 so I should know where he is at b

We have been leaving Thyro-L in our barn where temps have been as low as -10. Can freezing cause it to be less effective? -- PamHinWi2023 https://ch.ecirhorse.org/case-history.php?id=77

My vet wants to use Cornell for this iron level test he has agreed to run. I told him I heard KSU was the lab to send to (which is closer to us so I would think overnight freight is more reasonable) w

Hi All! I've searched in messages and files but haven't been able to find an answer to this: I recommended that a client ask their vet for a TRH Stim test on her chronically laminitic Paso mare. She d