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 Ima Non Controversial Girl
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Location: where the wind blows | OK, after reading the current pssm post on here I concede I am actually pssm naive. I've never paid much attention to it or looked into what it is exactly. After reading a few different sites I'm now actually wondering if one of my hores may have this. She doesn't tie up, or if she does I haven't noticed it however she does have a lot of the other signs. Transitions, difficulty getting up from laying down ( I rarely every see her lay down), cinchy, back legs camp out behind, and quite a few other signs I was reading about.
?Please share me your pssm stories, how you decided that's what it was? Where and how did you test? Dealing with it? This mare doesn't have top brand name breeding up front on her papers, I'm going to have to look to see exactly what she has further back. I'm 99% certain her sire or dam (now passed) were tested.
?I think I need to learn about this. What is the difference between PSSM and PSSM2?
Thanks everyone in advance for sharing your insight.
Edited by jkrm 2018-03-31 6:11 PM
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 Saint Stacey
 
| In a nutshell, PSSM1 is a polysaccharide storage myopathy. PSSM2 is muscle wasting. |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | type 1 is the only one shown on a 5 panel result. The other is from a place that is looking into the types/testings etc. You can test for type 2 and get official results through muscle biopsy as well. |
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 "Drank the Kool Aid"
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Location: Iowa, LA | Barrel racing/racing bred horses are more likely to have Type 2 or one of its variants. My two had type 2 diagnosed via muscle biopsy and then I entered them into the Equiseq study later on. My two had only tied up once and showed more muscle soreness, back pain, hind end lameness issues. I just bumped up my old thread from when they were first diagnosed via muscle biopsy. One was AQHA Derby Day Rain gelding by Flit To Kill and the other was APHA mare Ima Mighty Patriot by Western Patriot. Their symptoms were nearly identical. They hated being saddled and groomed, suffered from colic-like symptoms and ulcer prone. Hope that helps. |
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 Dog Resuce Agent
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Location: southeast Texas | Annemarea, did you test them for type one also? I forget, I'm thinking you did. |
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"Drank the Kool Aid"
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Location: Iowa, LA | roxieannie - 2018-04-01 5:26 PM
 Annemarea, did you test them for type one also? I forget, I'm thinking you did.
Yes ma’am. The very first test was a genetic hair test for Type 1 and those came back negative, so I sent them to LSU for muscle biopsies. |
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Location: Texas | Was it manageable by how you fed? If so, what did you feed? |
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"Drank the Kool Aid"
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Location: Iowa, LA |
I think that the people who are so upset about the findings of the PSSM TYPE 2 research are missing some crucial information. They are missing a huge point. Owners, like me, who have had the experience of spending thousands of dollars on incorrect diagnosis after incorrect diagnosis by the TOP and WELL-RESPECTED vets and putting our hurting horses through unnecessary injections, surgeries, and exercise programs that didn’t work- we see and understand that this needs to get out. This needs to be shared! If information that I have shared has helped one horse and one owner, then it is absolutely worth all of the backlash! AND IT HAS! I had so many private messages and phone calls with people asking me if the symptoms their horses had could be PSSM. I had many contact me later, saying that they had made changes and it had helped their horses. People who were THANKFUL for me sharing the information that some of you are wanting to keep quiet just because honesty is so under appreciated today. We are all so scared to speak the truth for fear of offending someone. It has gotten ridiculous! You cannot deny that this is VERY REAL with VERY REAL CONSEQUENCES. And if you are truly on the horses side and truly wanting to improve the breed, you will be honest with yourself and others. Learn, research, and share the knowledge. This is not going away! Five years ago I tested two of my 3 barrel horses via muscle biopsy and the progress that has been made has been amazing! I’m trying to save others from the heartbreak, unnecessary money loss, unnecessary medical procedures and unnecessary suffering. Our horses are at our mercy. They can’t help themselves. Mother Nature can’t even help them because we are the ones playing god with their breeding and selection. We need to be HONEST and open about where the research is taking us. We can’t undo what is already done, but we can make better informed choices from here!
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