Showing posts with label PPID. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PPID. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Thank you and good-bye: US laminitis research charity Animal Health Foundation ceases operation

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Did you feel a little shudder pass through the barn today?   Laminitis research lost one of its main lifelines with the closing of the A...
Thursday, February 07, 2019

EVJ Provides FREE Online Access to Latest Research on Endocrinopathic Laminitis

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Hoofcare Publishing is happy to share news of a valuable archive of endocrinopathic laminitis research articles now available to readers. ...
Monday, February 04, 2019

Laminitis Research: Is IGF-1 the missing link between insulin and laminitis in the horse's foot?

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Veterinary researchers in Australia have identified a possible mechanistic link in the horse's foot that may explain how high le...
Friday, November 23, 2018

Palatable pergolide paste for PPID: BEVA award for Rendle presentation on clinical research into new treatment option for "equine cushings disease"

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Many ponies and horses suffer from pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), known in the past as equine cushings disease.  Among the ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Blacksmith Buddies: Vet school students and farriers work together in Florida

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What is (or are) Blacksmith Buddies? A few years ago, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine students and local farriers j...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Research overview: Preventing laminitis by studying insulin dynamics in older horses

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Laminitis research comes in many forms. Recently, the emphasis has been on understanding the cause of the disease, and developing ways to...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Laminitis research: Feeding a high starch diet can influence PPID (Equine Cushings Disease) test results

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Summary:  New research, conducted in collaboration with the British horse feed company SPILLERS®, has shown that the equine diet, and mo...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Grass's (Missing) Link to Laminitis: Hormonal Imbalance Sets the Stage for Disease

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For years, laminitis has been characterized as a disease of the horse's foot. Treatment has centered on relieving pain to the foot and...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Resource: CSU Video "Hangout" on Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Laminitis

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Here's a resource to bookmark and share. Last night, three veterinarians from the Colorado State University Equine Veterinary Teachin...
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

PPID: Equine endocrinology researchers revise guidelines for "Cushings" tests for horses

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Equine Cushings Disease or pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) has been easy to identify, with overt signs like a long coat. Un...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Autumn Laminitis: Prepare to Prevent--Instead of Treat--Seasonal Flair-Ups of Endocrine Conditions in Horses

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This is what a foot looks like after laminitis...could this damage and deformation have been prevented? In Great Britain, a study found ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Grass Laminitis: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You (and Your Horse) and Surprise the Researchers

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New ad promo and publicity from Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica perhaps oversimplifies grass laminitis. But it might get the attention of h...
Thursday, November 03, 2011

Prascend® PPID (Equine Cushings Disease) Treatment Approved by FDA for US Horses

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Maybe I'm biased, but I thought that the CSI (Cushings Scene Investigation) ad run by Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica in British hor...