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Discussion on Magnesium supplementation?
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Fototrop
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 5, 2005 - 3:33 pm:
My pony is in the midst of a rather severe founder episode and I am doing all I can to get things under control. He is hypothyroid and taking Thyro-L daily along with 2 gm of Bute twice a day for pain. Tests for Cushings were negative and Insulin Resistance were inconclusive. The IR test was inconclusive because the cortisol level was very high, but the pony was very stressed due to the pain of founder. He was unmedicated for pain at the time and had 10 degrees of rotation in one hoof and 15 degrees in the other. I believe that the rotation continued to get worse; but it is being addressed. I also believe that he is most likely IR. I purchased some feed grade Magnesium Oxide based on the research article that showed promise in your article on EMS. It is 54% magnesium. He is only 8 years old. How much should I give him?
Thanks,
Pam
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Fototrop
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Posted on Wednesday, Apr 6, 2005 - 10:49 am:
Dr. O,
Do you know what I should do?
Pam
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DrO
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Posted on Wednesday, Apr 6, 2005 - 7:44 pm:
Hello Pamela,
I am sorry I missed you this morn I have class on Wed and sometimes run behind. As stated in the body of the article magnesium is not going to make a significant difference in your horses IR. An excepion might be it you have a magnesium deficiency, but this is not reported in the horse because almost all there food stuffs are adequate. Without knowing what you are feeding Mg wise it is difficult to make recommendations but 10 gms of your supplement daily would be about 1/2 the minimum daily requirement and shouuld be safe.
Also your pony is not hypothyroid (see the article on this) but I would not discontinue it until the pony is well and do it slowly. You do need to address the insulin resistance and founder as described in the article associated with this forum. You should follow the links in the article to those on founder and obesity. Fortunately most of the nutritional therapy for the obesity is also what you should be doing for the founder so both can be handled together.
DrO
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Fototrop
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Posted on Sunday, Apr 10, 2005 - 9:22 am:
Why would you say that my pony is not hypothyroid? He had the blood test and tested positive for hypothyroidism about two years ago and has been on Thyro-L since then.
Pam
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Apr 10, 2005 - 10:51 am:
You will find an explanation why this often diagnosed disease is almost nonexistent in adult horses at Equine Diseases » Endocrine Disorders » Hypothyroidism in Adult Equines.
DrO
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