The horse’s immune response is a very important factor to their overall health and well-being, not to mention soundness. All too often, as owners and even veterinarians, we often overlook this key element to their health, and only see a problem in the immune response when […]
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Joint injections in the horse, likely the most commonly performed procedure in the horse with osteoarthritis, navicular ailments, or other lameness condition. The second most common procedure, likely, is endoscopy for gastric ulcers. How much does a joint injection cost in the horse? Not just financially,
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Ulcers, specifically gastric or stomach ulcers, are very common in the horse. While ulcers generally impact the horse in training or competition, they do affect horses not in active work, often to the same degree if not worse. Ulcer medications are also heavily used in all
In order to compete, run, jump, recover from an injury, muscle stiffness, PSSSM, or even battle the effects of metabolic syndrome, a horse is completely reliant upon their cells. Now, this may be obvious, as all tissues are composed of different cell types, but for most,
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Equine metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance is an ongoing epidemic in current times. Although the case load is very high, as is the morbidity rate, options for better management are not keeping up with nor offering improved outcomes for the horse. Laminitis and chronic foot ailments
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Whole food and the horse are becoming a hot topic of discussion in many forums and other information resources. For many, the topic of ‘whole food’ makes complete sense and they understand the concepts, while for others, it creates a state of confusion. When there is
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Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and the horse. An ever present problem, contributing to a high percentage of laminitis cases, which are often seasonally related. In the past 2 articles, I have defined the problem of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, as well as raised the questions
The Metabolic Horse; Going Ketogenic and Cellular Health Part Three Read More »
The metabolic and insulin resistant horse. Quite a complex situation and one that is often poorly managed, as most chronic health ailments are in the horse and other species. In part one of this article, I discussed the underlying biochemical problems in the average horse with
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Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in the horse can be a real challenge for the horse owner and veterinarian to manage. It seems like there are several approaches offered online and from veterinarians, but often those therapies yield little for the horse in regards to clinical
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Vitamin E often goes hand in hand with conditions such as EPM (equine protozoal myeloencephalitis) , EDM (equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy), and even PSSM (polysaccharide storage myopathy) in the horse. This vitamin possess moderate antioxidant capabilities and can render much needed benefits to those horses afflicted with
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