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Location: Ohio | Hi Everyone! I need help has anyone had their horse diagnosed with Shivers and done the muscle biopsy? What did it intale, cost and any information you can provide?
My mare has the symptoms of Shivers or stifle injection needed!
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Location: Ohio | Yes me too!!! Many hours of googling! |
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| I'm not well versed in shivers but my mare had body tremors and lots of other symptoms and she came back positive for PSSM Type 2, message Paul Szauter on FB hes with the company Equi-Seq and he can get you a blood test instead of a muscle biosopy. saved my mares life |
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Location: Ohio | Thank you I just messaged him hope to hear back. What symptoms did your horse have |
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Location: NE Texas | Definitely could be PSSM. I know others have had a similar experience to tremors and shivers in their horses due to contaminated feed and have posted videos of the muscle tremors. |
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Location: Ohio | She does not have tremors this is right hind leg hiked up and set back down when backing her > |
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Location: Florida.. | One of my mares had stringhalt.. its pretty similar , I had her on a high fat low suger diet.. when farrier came he had to not raise her hind legs up as high and it would stick.. make sure they are aware because she wasnt kicking out at him..its in their leg, rump and hip (muscles).. you may take off grain altogether.. its like Pssm but Epssm.. I would check stifle though first..it could be just catching stifle..
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Location: Ohio | Thank you yes first look is to internal blister of the stifle. Any one have the biopsy done?
Her diet is already been low starch and sugar diet, grass hay and msm, vitamin e and selenium |
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| cowgirlup73 - 2016-04-26 12:51 PM Thank you I just messaged him hope to hear back. What symptoms did your horse have
Tremmors, trouble under saddle (ie moving forward, tired easily, very reactive0 total change in attitude, tied up a few times but i didn't know it unfortunately, slight offness but you wouldn't know unless you looked really hard, hard muscles ect. If the horse is type 1 you add LOW sugar and HIGH fat and if they're type 2 Low sugar and HIGH protein. Some horses show lots of symptoms, others 1 or none. The second I took my horse off oats and any sugar in her diet she stopped shivering |
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Location: Ohio | She has none of those symptoms, she at this time in the right hind lifts into the flex postion on her own of a soundness flexion and then puts it down. |
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| My gelding has it. He is 19 years old and has had shivers since he was 5. I just make allowances for it. Harder for him to back up if he has been standing for a while, like in the trailer. I move him forward and then he takes a sec to get it together. It is worse when I don't keep him in shape. The more in shape, the less it bothers him. It sure hasn't stopped him from doing anything. Its in his right back leg so we worked on that more when I was riding him all the time. When his feet are done the farrier keeps the foot really low so no issues of the jerk and shivering. |
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Location: Ohio | What type of supplements do you gI've and grain. Also how was he tested to know for sure |
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Location: OH. IO | prayers for you and your mare Amy.  |
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| I never had him "officially" tested, but he displays all the classic symptoms. He is fed a good quality 6% fat 12% protein feed and alfalfa cubes. Keeping him in shape has a bigger effect than anything else. |
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Location: Ohio | is he a barrel horse are you still running him how old? this is a morgan western pleasure mare. I do both :) |
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Location: Ohio | Thank you everyone for your help and experiences! I found a place in TX called Simply Equine I am going to send hair to be tested!
Any one use them? |
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| He is a barrel horse, but hasn't competed this last year because I haven't had the time to put into riding like I should. Good luck with your horse.
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Location: In my own little world | cowgirlup73 - 2016-04-28 9:26 AM Thank you everyone for your help and experiences! I found a place in TX called Simply Equine I am going to send hair to be tested!
Any one use them?
You won't be disappointed! Simply Equine has been "simply the best" thing I have done for my horse that was a mystery to my vet. Now that the kidneys, adrenal, and digestive system is working properly he is back to clicking again! |
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Location: Ohio | I am gonna send Monday to them, I have a good friend here in Ohio that might feel the grain I feed is a contributor to some of all my horses issues! |
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Location: Ohio | bump!!!! |
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Location: Ohio | bump..... |
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Location: OH. IO | What were your test results? |
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Location: Ohio | Results are not back yet |
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