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Diet and Laminitis – No Link to Fructan
Horses and ponies, donkeys and mules, may develop laminitis on diets based on either hay or pasture. The cause isn’t fructan. It isn’t hind gut acidosis. Here’s the science. The AAEP’s Laminitis Working Group did a four year study with … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged EMS, ESC, fructan, horses, insulin, Laminitis, PPID, starch, Supplements
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Plants and the Immune System
Green drinks are a hot human health craze these days and with good reason. Plant pigments possess a variety of beneficial properties for the immune system. Green pigment (chlorophyll) is only a piece of the picture. Flavonoids, carotenes, lycopene, zeaxanthin, … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged . equine, canine, Herbal-Mune Plus, immunity, plant pigments, Supplements, U Balance Immune, uckele, Uckele Canine Allergy
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Fecal Transplants For Animals
Yes, it’s what you think it is! Receiving fecal material from a healthy donor is in the news for people these days. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664618305552?via%3Dihub [click on “download PDF” to get the complete article]. It has been approved by the FDA as … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged fecal transplants, horses, probiotics, Supplements, Uckele Absorb-All, Uckele G.U.T.
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Neuromuscular Support Nutrients
Your horse’s health, happiness and performance depend on normal functioning of the nervous system and muscles. All nutrients have a role to play but some are particularly important. Vitamin E is an antioxidant which becomes incorporated directly into the membranes … Continue reading
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Tagged Acetyl L-Carnitine, Amino acid, brain, horses, leucine, Lysine, muscle, Muscle EQ, nerve, nervous system, Protein, Selenium, stress, Supplements, uckele, Vitamin E
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Hemp for Horses
The endocannabinoid system is a feedback loop within the brain and all branches of the nervous system – higher brain functions of thought/memory/mood, movement, sensation, and the autonomic system which helps regulate all organs and the immune system down to … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, brain, cannabinoids, CBD, endocannabinoids, hemp, homeostasis, horse, immune, joint, marijuana, phytocannabinoids, research, science, Supplements, uckele
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One Medicine
One of the introductory lectures when I started veterinary school talked about how the University of Pennsylvania believed strongly in the principle of One Medicine. The German physician and scientist Rudolph Virchow first proposed this concept and said: “Between animal … Continue reading
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Tagged allometry, comparative medicine, drugs, nutrients, One Medicine, physiology, Supplements
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The Equine Intestinal Microbiome
The intestinal microbiome is trending, and judging by interest in pre- and probiotics it’s a rather longstanding interest too. Research has actually generated quite a lot of interesting information recently but we are light years away from really understanding how … Continue reading
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Tagged microbiome, obesity, phyla, Supplements, tests, trending
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All IR/EMS Horses Have Laminitis
The Equine Cushing’s and Insulin Resistance Group, now at main@ECIR.groups.io, has been in existence for almost 20 years and currently has over 11,000 members. As you might expect, many members seek out the group when their horse/pony/mini/donkey/mule becomes obviously laminitic. … Continue reading
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Tagged cortisol, cushings, diet, elongation, endothelin-1, hypoxia, IGF-1, insulin, Laminitis, Nitric oxide, pain, proliferation, Supplements
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