Mounted search and rescue

["Chuck Daniel" <iwhound@voyager.net>]

Thanks Chris,
Doc Ann will be back in a month to do follow-up testing.  This will confirm 
or hopefully disprove the first tests.  Our immediate concern was to fix the 
laminitis problem and then treat Meeco as if he had Cushing's Disease, which 
the blood work had indicated.  Too that I have followed the protocol you 
would use with a Cushing horse.  The feed I changed to is Triple Crown Lite, 
which has a low Non-structured carbohydrate (NSC) content.  Also, no green 
grass for him.  The trick will be to get some weight off without 
compromising his need for vitamins and minerals.  Of course, no treats, 
apples,carrots or cookies with molasses and grain grains.  Also, I had the 
Ferrier pulls his shoes with the hope that more frog contact with the ground 
will keep the flow of blood through the hoof.  The medications we are using 
is cyproheptadine (serotonin antagonist).

Thanks for the encouragement.

Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pennbo's" <pennbo@verizon.net>
To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [MSAR] MSAR & Cushing's Disease


> Chuck, you have my sympathy.  I have had a Cushings horse before and I
> know the up and downs. While this seems like a harsh blow take heart-
> medicine can do some outrageously wonderful things these days about
> Cushings. You will first probably need to make sure it IS Cushings and
> not Insulin Resistance. Sometimes the tests results look similar. I can
> heartily recommend the yahoogroups EquineCushings. If there are experts
> in the study and care of Cushings and IR they are on that list. Just the
> archived information alone will enlighten you immensely.
>
> Now- if your horse is just Cushings diet is not as big an issue and meds
> can control most of the symptoms for a good long time. If he is IR then
> diet is MUCH more critical- to avoid the laminitis/founder syndrome.
> Even then there are things you can learn about grazing that might allow
> some during a search- and there are specially formulated pelleted feeds
> that work really well for IR horses.
>
> Anyway, you can probably still use your horse for a long long time!!
>
> Chris Pennington
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