FEEDING HORSES WITH ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

Nicholas Frank, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, associate professor of large animal clinical sciences at the University of Tennessee, spoke about equine endocrine disorders that are the most manageable by dietary control. There are two main endocrine disorders to address: equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) and equine Cushing’s disease (ECD or pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, PPID). Frank addressed these at the 2007 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, held Dec. 1-5 in Orlando, Fla. Continue reading…