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| Has anyone had a horse with problems with their Adrenal Gland. I did horse hair analysis and the results were her adrenal gland, digestive and kidneys. Which I feel is very accurate because she is very scared horse. Any advice is welcome. I just want to do what is best for her, it's so sad to see a horse so tense. :( a A little backstory is she was somewhat tense since day 1, sent her to a trainer for 60 days last fall, she put her through the ringer for about 3.5 weeks and them settled in pretty well. We rode her throughout the winter she did fairly well. April 1st I sent her back and she went nuts. Out of control, crazy. We picked her up mid month, she looked like a different horse. Like strait off the wild range. We did the hair analysis and started her on their recommended supplements. It's been a couple of weeks since starting them she is friendly but still very tense. Any postive tips or advice please. Thanks. |
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| Here is my opinion. Once a while back I took TWO hair samples from the SAME horse at the SAME time. I sent both in for analysis as If they were two different horses. Guess what. They came back with totally different results and different recommendations. Lol that told me right there how i feel about HHA as a valid tool. lol I would stick with a vet and science. |
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| I'm sure that is possible. We sent in 5 different horses samples and honestly about 90% of it fit what we already knew about each horse. Whether the other 10% is wrong or something we just didn't know is debatable. We were pretty skeptical going in, but in all honesty if she would of taken the name of each sample and just shown me the results I could of matched it with the correct horse. So I am pretty certain these results are good in our case. |
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| I would treat the horse for ulcers first. |
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| We actually are already doing that, thank you! |
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Location: Arkansas | Bump |
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Location: Texas | cushings syndrome in horses will affect the adrenal gland due to the HPA axis. The primary problem is on the pituitary gland and it sends too many signals to the adrenal glands and they crank up production of cortisol when its not needed.
I'm not a believer in HHA but I can tell you the most common things that affect the adrenal gland are PPID (Cushings) and less commonly a primary adrenal tumor. You would have to get the horse tested for cushings with an ACTH stim test at a vet... I don't even know if you can image the adrenals on a horse with ultrasound like you can with people and dogs. |
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| Your horse could be magnesium deficient. The people at Platinum Equine Nutrition are great to talk to and could help you out. Note that there is a huge difference in what form of magnesium you supplement with. Most forms are not well absorbed at the cellular level. They have a great product called MagRestore. It's worth your time to call. Good luck. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I'd sh!tcan the HHA junk, but I think a trial of magnesium supplements might be worthwhile. Generally, it's cheap, and safe.
If the horse doesn't need the magnesium, they just excrete it, assuming they have decent kidney function. Too many respectable people have talked about Mg deficiency in horses as a cause for a lot of these behaviors.
HHA as a diagnostic tool is just a wallet biopsy. Save your money. |
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