ECIR Group - Equine Cushings and Insulin Resistance

25/04/2025

Looking for answers to questions about PPID and EMS? Check our FAQs here: https://bit.ly/2JH6MLy

23/04/2025

Join our free outreach group and learn what you can do right now to help your EMS/PPID horse, donkey, or mule: https://bit.ly/2DzMqzw. Scroll to APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP. You'll get an email quickly with info on how to get the help you need.

21/04/2025

Get details on testing for PPID (Equine Cushing's Disease) and IR/EMS (Equine Metabolic Syndrome) here: https://bit.ly/2A36ERq. Also, see the short film DIET AND DRUGS: https://bit.ly/2MwNMeJ

18/04/2025

Must read info about copper and zinc from Dr. Kellon:

Rich, fade-proof colors require adequate copper and zinc Copper and zinc are two of the most common trace mineral deficiencies around the world and the symptoms often intertwine and overlap so disc…

16/04/2025

Exercise vastly improves insulin sensitivity, but the acutely laminitic horse cannot tolerate exercise. However, with recovery, exercise is to be encouraged as long as the horse tolerates it. Before beginning exercise, the equine must be non-laminitic, off NSAIDs and comfortable. Do not force a laminitic individual to move, or allow its other companions to do so. Once the equine is moving around comfortably at liberty, hand-walking can begin in long straight lines with no tight turns. When finished walking, he/she should be as or more comfortable than when the walk began.
Before serious exercise can begin, a previously laminitis individual needs 6-9 months of correct realigning trims without relapse. The hoof wall needs to have grown tightly to nearly the ground. As the horse's condition improves, the level of exercise should increase. The importance of exercise in the EMS-prone equine cannot be understated. EMS/IR can be avoided completely with adequate exercise and diet management. Additional important details here: http://bit.ly/34xa60X

14/04/2025

If you want to learn how your horse can survive laminitis and how to prevent it in the future, you won't want to miss the 2025 NO Laminitis! Conference. This conference is for owners, barn managers, farriers and trimmers, veterinarians and vet techs, other equine practitioners -- anyone with one or more horses in their care. Vets and vet techs can receive 21 CE (RACE) credits for attending. This conference will continue to build on ECIR's mission over the past 25 years to provide the latest in research and specific protocols. We will be bringing you new information not yet available elsewhere. This NO Laminitis! Conference is virtual, so you can attend from the location of your choice. Conference recordings will be available for all who register. More details to come.

09/04/2025

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25641552/

Additionally, PPID horses with suspensory problems have significantly more corticosteroid receptors in their suspensories and in their skin, which was also thinner than young horses. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29359976/

07/04/2025

We're 25! Join us for our Silver Jubilee conference October 31 - November 2 from the location of your choice (his conference will be virtual). We have a stellar list of speakers and lectures planned. Here are some of the lecture topics. A complete list is available at nolaminitis.org.

For twenty-five years the ECIR Group has assisted thousands of horses and their caregivers in understanding the importance of diagnosis, diet, trim, and exercise (DDT+E) to improve the welfare of equines with metabolic disorders. This Silver Jubilee conference will continue to build on our mission to provide the latest in research and specific protocols. We will be bringing you new information not yet available elsewhere. Registration is not yet open, but we'll let you know as soon as it is.

04/04/2025

This is so true!

02/04/2025

The only identified risk factor for PPID is age https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090023318300649?via%3Dihub

01/04/2025

For twenty-five years the ECIR Group has assisted thousands of horses and their caregivers in understanding the importance of diagnosis, diet, trim, and exercise (DDT+E) to improve the welfare of equines with metabolic disorders. This Silver Jubilee conference will continue to build on our mission to provide the latest in research and specific protocols. We will be bringing you new information not yet available elsewhere. You'll be able to attend this NO Laminitis! Conference from the location of your choice as it will take place from the ECIR Group Virtual Conference Room. More details available soon.

28/03/2025

Get the facts on PPID (Equine Cushing's Disease) and IR/EMS (Insulin Resistance/Equine Metabolic Syndrome) here: https://www.ecirhorse.org/

26/03/2025

Unfortunately, by the time many owners find The ECIR Group Inc, their equines have already experienced laminitis. An estimated 80-90% of all laminitis cases are a result of the horse, pony, donkey, or mule having uncontrolled IR/EMS and/or PPID (Equine Cushing's Disease). Our goal is to help owners and equine professionals get the correct diagnosis and initiate treatment BEFORE a laminitic event. Here's what you need to know: https://bit.ly/2A36ERq. The VA Polytechnic Pony Study is the only study to look at IR and laminitis under natural conditions. For more detail, see E. M. Kellon, VMD, Diagnosis of Insulin Resistance and PPID: https://www.ecirhorse.org/proceedings-2013.php and our short film Getting the Correct Diagnosis: https://bit.ly/2BSdEhK

24/03/2025

Has your equine experienced grass-induced laminitis? Learn more about the symptoms of EMS/IR at: https://bit.ly/2OspeWl. There's a lot riding on it.

21/03/2025

Happy spring (Northern Hemisphere) and fall (Southern Hemisphere)! You can help prevent laminitis by staying on top of your equine's metabolic status. Watch the short film "Getting the Correct Diagnosis" to learn what to do: https://bit.ly/2BSdEhK

19/03/2025

Learn more about the symptoms of EMS/IR and how to manage them here: https://bit.ly/2OspeWl.