Whoa. $275? That’s expensive in my world. Not something I can justify doing annually “just in case.” I wish I could, but…nope. If my vet quotes me even half that much, it’ll be a pass for me I’m afraid. Not something a single public school teacher who is 7 years from retirement can splurge on (at least without stronger evidence than I currently have). He shines like glass, has a strong top line, and is sound barefoot. One of those things will have to at least start going a bit south before I pay over $100 (much less $275) for him to get tested.
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Wow.
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I just tested two of my three horses. The rest was around $140 each. Was the $275 for the STIM test? I know that’s more expensive.
I just paid $225 for a Cornell panel. $183 for the blood test and $42 for shipping to Cornell.
That was for ACTH, insulin and leptin. I was boarding at a barn where she would be on pasture…which she hasn’t been on steadily since she was 3 (turns 23 this year). She has a cresty neck (partly a breed thing). She was going out with a muzzle regardless but if she was way wonky…no grass. She came back WNL on all and now she is back at a barn with only dry lot turnout. Now we have a baseline. I probably won’t test routinely unless there is a reason.
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TRH Stim $218 on my 10 yo and Insulin/ACTH $142 on my older PPID girl.
Paid $242 for the cornell panel and $180 for the glucose stim test last fall since my guy was getting a lot of abscesses and is an easy keeper. He came back normal so now the abscesses are most likely weather related during the spring from all the wet/dry cycles.
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Yeah, I think the weird weather probably is to blame for most of my guy’s weird stuff this spring. It reached the 90s and humid a few days in early-mid April while horses still had their thicker coats, then it cooled off again, and we were in a drought. Then we had torrential downpours for a few days. It’s been a wild ride with Mother Nature!
I was getting concerned when he was getting abscesses with the changes of the seasons. Like clockwork past 3 Aprils he’s had one. Really puts a strain on trying to go to a May horse show. I was concerned enough especially since he’s a big boy, over the age of 10, and gets very little grain. So at least this April when he got an abscess, I didn’t worry there wasn’t more going on. He’s also susceptible to scratches and cellulitis. Too many boxes being checked in the PPID column for me to ignore and not get him tested. Since I did the glucose test, I know it’s not a false negative, and can rely on that number for a baseline. It’s also nice that Cornell came out with adjusted numbers depending on season, so you don’t have to wait/plan to do it during only certain times of the year. I did his last fall in September and the numbers were aligned with the values expected for fall.
