A free online webcast on equine endocrine disease will be offered at 8 p.m. May 19. Those who register can also take advantage of a link to a recorded version of the presentation at a later date. The seminar is presented by Kentucky Performance Products and The Horse.
This webcast will the most current information on causes, diagnosis, and treatment of the common equine endocrine diseases: equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), insulin dysregulation (ID), and pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID, formerly equine Cushing’s disease).
Discussed will be dynamic testing (TRH stim and oral sugar test) compared with taking fasting baseline blood samples for diagnosis. There also will be information on how endocrine diseases affect many body systems beyond laminitis. Systems affected include the musculoskeletal system (suspensory disease, osteochondrosis, osteoarthritis, and laminitis, for example), reproductive, respiratory, and cardiovascular. The webinar will examine current treatments, including supplements, medications, shoeing, icing and others.
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